After reading Nikki Lee's story about the pedi who told a mom to wake a
babe for 3am feeds so it wouldn't nurse so often in the daytime I was
reminded of my own story of "goofy medical advice".
In 1980 my dd was born, 9lbs 14oz.  At 3 weeks I brought her to my
pediatrician who weighed my daughter in at 10lbs 10oz. She then proceded
to tell me that my breast milk must be "too rich" and that my daughter
was going to get fat if I continued to exclusively breast feed and that
maybe by her next checkup she would have to be "put on a diet"!! At 7
weeks my dd weighed 13lbs 9oz and I was told to add rice cereal,
applesauce and the occasional bottle of abm to help "cut down on
calories"!! I actually wrote this advice in her baby book lest I forget
it, although 20 years later it still makes me shake my head in
amazement!

Karen Ianacone, RN, MA, CCE
Connecticut
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