From: Kathleen Bruce <[log in to unmask]> To: "Claudia Garcia" <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: does she really need to wean? Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 17:31:40 -0500 Hi. Please send your note to [log in to unmask] Of course, I do not think she should wean. The specialist is wrong in saying that the breastmilk is too thin. Breastmilk is perfect if given in good quantities and he is ignorant. Thanks. K At 3/29/2001 10:00 PM +0000, you wrote: >Hi I'm Claudia from Monterrey Mexico LLLleader I have a mom who said the >dr, >told her to wean her 3 month old baby. Every time she nurses cries; the >rest >of the day she's fine. She's been like this for two months, she also has >reflex and the specialist, not the pediatrician told her the baby has an >illness called peristalsis (sorry I couldn't have the English translation). >What I've heard about this is that this is not an illness but just the >normal intestine contractions needed for digestion. The specialist said >that since breastmilk is too thin the intestines move too fast. Can anybody >give me a link to get information about this? >This mom really wants to nurse but she needs prove that she's not going to >hurt her baby. >_________________________________________________________________________ >Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Kathleen B. Bruce, BSN, IBCLC co-owner Lactnet, Indep. Consultant mailto:[log in to unmask] http://homepages.together.net/~kbruce/kbblact.html LACTNET Archives http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/lactnet.html _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html