Yvonne Lyn asked: Can anyone please site me some
> references whereby it states that an infant can actually breastfeed
> exclusively for 6 mos or more without being iron depleted, malnourished,etc?

WHO,  Division of Child Health and Development: Evidence for the ten steps to
succesful breastfeeding, WHO, Geneva, 1998, is a book full of references about
exclusive breastfeeding, rooming-in, demand-feeding, risks of supplemntation,
etc. Highly recommmended to use to slam unwilling HCPs around the ears with,
perhaps even literally ;-)

Gonneke van Veldhuizen, IBCLC, living in Maaseik, Belgium
http://www.users.skynet.be/eurolac
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