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> I am currently NOMAIL for the past few days, and am obviously still strying
> to catch up even from last week, so bear with me if this has been covered:
>  As a long time vegetarian Mom and nurser, in the absence of any real
> indication I don;t see a connection between a mother's vegetarian diet which
> has sustained and grown her baby well for six months and  sudden
>  constipation in her baby. As far as the literature is concerned the idea of
> "complementary" proteins, if by this you mean food combining,at each meal, is
> out of date.  What specific knowledge does Mom seem to be lacking ? Does she
> simply remove animal protein from her diet and then not add any legumes,
> fortified soymilk etc.?   Currently vegetarians and vegans do what moms of
> toddlers do, look at protein intake over days, not necessarily at each meal,
> although the complementary thing at each meal used to be standard thinking.
> It seems that, as you said this baby, may simply not be ready for solids. If
> six months is average then some will start at 4 and some at 8. A subscription
> to Vegetarian Times magazine might give some recipe ideas. If you would like,
> I could repost again some good Veggie cookbooks. Judy Fram, Brooklyn, NY
Judy, Thanks for the response. Suggest you check out mu follow up note
posted on 7/29. Additionally, you may be interested to know she does not
replace the animal proteins she eliminates from her diet. Eats primarily
veggies, accasional pasta, rare egg or tuna dish; no legumes or soy
products. Doesn't sound like a well thought out vegetarian diet to me.
I'll suggest the magazine in addition to the literature I've already
given her. The recommendations for veggie cookbooks would be welcome,
thanks.
 By the way, just noticed that you're on the advisory board for American
Baby Mag--or is there another Judy Fram, IBCLC? Can't you do something
about that mags approach to breastfeeding? The July issue had an article
with incorrect data about supplementing breastfed babies with Vit D and
Fe (check the archives for 1st week or 2 in July to see what some fellow
lactnetters thought of it); now in the August issue there's no mention
of a correction and only one small blurb on pg. 6 regarding
Breastfeeding Awareness week. My letter is going out to the editor
today; they've been sending me free issues to give out in my prenatal
class. I quit giving them out several months ago when I started to
suspect their lack of support with breastfeeding, now they're going into
the trash. I have enough reading to do to waste any more time on this
one. Warm thanks, Mary Anne B.