Re: C. Brown, RN and her post about allergies. I have to remember, and remind mothers, that breastfeeding reduces the risk of allergies (and maybe asthma) and colds, but doesn't eliminate the possibilties. My son has had his share of colds and last year had his first (and only) asthma attack. He sniffles from allergies almost all the time. Sometimes it's easy to get discouraged when a breastfed baby has these problems, but I think about how sick my child might have been if he weasn't breastfed (and still nursing twice a day at four and almost a half years old.) (I do think of it as nursing and not breastfeeding because it's more of a feature of our close relationship than a means of nourishment. That is, it's emotional nourishment for both of us.) Nancy Phillips,LLLL