Listened to a very interesting speaker on a ped tape. He gave the historical background of strep infections by culling literature. It seems that strep waxes and wanes and we are in a period of resurgence at this time. That's why we are hearing about things like "flesh eating disease." It was recognized before in pre-antibiotic days. Just a little factoid for you this am. Of course the BF baby is better off than the bottle fed baby under any circumstances (BF connection :-) Sincerely, Pat in SNJ