Hello, everyone! My name is Kerry Luskey and I'm new to the l*st. My question for the group is  - I've recently read an article by Dr. George Wootan, who is a Family Practitioner and Medical Associate for LLL. In this article, he states that of the 37 known immunities in breastmilk, 17 of these are destroyed, never to be replaced again, as soon as ANYTHING other than breastmilk is introduced, even a bottle of water. Apparently it has something to do with the introduction of e. coli bacteria. This article was originally published in "Mother Earth News" magazine, but the version I read is at the following URL:

http://www.naturalchild.com/guest/george_wootan.html

There are no references given in the article. I emailed Dr. Wootan over a month ago, asking him for any references or studies, and I have not heard from him yet. NOBODY I know has heard of this before, and I guess I would like to get some corroboration before I go repeating this information to mothers who are thinking of supplementing or starting solids. Anyone have any information on this?

Thanks!

Kerry Luskey
Minneapolis, MN

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