>Dee Kassing BS MLS IBCLC <[log in to unmask]>
>Please remember that I said amblyopia--which  is one type of eye
>problem, not all--*predominantly* occurs in bottle-fed  babies.

Dee,

Do you have any references for this? Since my son's diagnosis, I've read a 
lot on amblyopia and haven't come across any information on infant-feeding 
method having any bearing on it.

I suspect it'd be a tough thing to study. Amblyopia's not extremely 
rare---something on the order of 2-3% of the population---but there are 
several causes. And, given that bottle-feeding predominates, the majority 
of this 2-3% would have been bottlefed. My head aches thinking of the stats 
necessary to detangle causation from correlation, but I soldier on because 
I am insatiably curious. :-)

Thanks in advance!

regards,
Julia

Julia R. Barrett
Freelance Science Writer & Editor
Mom to Sean (5) and Kira (1.5)
Madison, Wisconsin

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