>Date: Fri, 31 Oct 1997 08:38:16 -0500
>From: Mail Delivery Subsystem <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Returned mail: User not local; please try
<[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>
>The original message was received at Fri, 31 Oct 1997 08:38:15 -0500
>from clavin.ummed.edu [146.189.16.244]
>
>   ----- The following addresses had delivery problems -----
>[log in to unmask]  (unrecoverable error)
>    (expanded from: <[log in to unmask]>)
>
>   ----- Transcript of session follows -----
>551 lactnet@library.ummed.edu.REDIRECT... User not local; please try
<[log in to unmask]>
>
>   ----- Original message follows -----
>Return-Path: [log in to unmask]
>Received: by mxi.ummed.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id IAA24390 for
<[log in to unmask]>; Fri, 31 Oct 1997 08:38:15 -0500
>Received: from elvis.vnet.net (elvis.vnet.net [166.82.1.5]) by ummed.edu
(8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id IAA01676 for <[log in to unmask]>;
Fri, 31 Oct 1997 08:38:12 -0500
>Received: from macquee.vnet.net (vts-char4-S21.vnet.net [166.82.9.131])
>          by elvis.vnet.net (8.8.5/8.8.4) with SMTP
>         id IAA16750 for <[log in to unmask]>; Fri, 31 Oct 1997 08:38:08
-0500 (EST)
>Message-Id: <[log in to unmask]>
>X-Sender: [log in to unmask]
>X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0 (32)
>Date: Fri, 31 Oct 1997 08:37:51 -0500
>To: [log in to unmask]
>From: Jim & Pardee Hinson <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: student question re: weaning advice
>Mime-Version: 1.0
>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>
>To the nursing student who asked about weaning advice given in lactation
>practice:
>
>At our lactation center we do not advise a specific time to wean.  We
>suggest that the weaning time is a health decision that the family makes
>for itself.  We provide information to help the family make the best
>decision for themselves.
>
>Our discussion generally revolves around two points.
>1)  How interesting it is that what our culture teaches and what the
>research shows are so very, very different.
>
>The mother is given the old AAP recommendation (mother's milk or commercial
>baby milk to be the main food for the first 12 months) since we do not yet
>have the updated version;  she is given the WHO recommendation (exclusive
>for first 6 months and continued for 2 + years);
>she is given information from anthropology demonstrating normal weaning age
>between 2 1/2 & 7 years;  and she is given information from studies
>demonstrating that mother's milk is always health promotion/disease
>prevention at its finest at whatever the age of the child.
>
>2)  Mother's feelings....what she really wants to do.
>
>She is reminded that even a small amount of her milk is good for her child
>and informed about what a nursing child is like in comparision to a nursing
>baby.  In general, we try to normalize normal breastfeeding a bit so that
>she can relax and make the best decision for her baby and herself.
>
>I always avoid anything personal and strongly encourage other IBCLCs to do
>the same.  The length of time I nursed my children is totally unrelated to
>the mother in question when the lactation practice is research based.
>Since we are hospital based and rely on referrals from physicians, we must
>be research based.  This simple concept is particularly difficult for many
>folks.
>
>Pardee Hinson, MPH, IBCLC
>Carolinas Lactation Center
>Charlotte, NC
>[log in to unmask]
>
>
>