In a message dated 2/7/2005 8:48:09 PM Eastern Standard Time,  
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I  actually had a ped and his wife in my childbirth class this weekend (she
is  also a ped but not certified yet.)He enthusiastically  endorsed
breastfeeding to the class, but said 4-6 months, the mother can  totally
support the baby, I gently said the new AAP guidelines just out in  Feb.
say 6 mo for total bf before needing other food, 


Ellen,
The problem ( well one problem) with the new guidelines is that they come  
from the Section on Breastfeeding of the AAP, but they acknowledge in a footnote 
 at the bottom of The Challenge section that there is disagreement between  
the AAP section on BF ( six months exclusive is the "reference, normative")  
while the AAP Committee for Nutrition still says 4-6 months. It's a little  
complicated when parents can get conflicting info from different groups within  
the same professional organization, isn't it? Still the statement does read " 6  
months exclusive" though later it goes on to say that some babies will be 
ready  for solids at 4 months and others not til 8...talk about a challenge...
Judy  

Judy LeVan  Fram, PT, IBCLC, Brooklyn, USA


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