In a message dated 06/08/2000 8:05:19 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
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With all the published evidence linking formula use with increases in
degenerative diseases in infants and later adult life....WHY is formula (and
pacifiers) still being made available in ways which directly interferes with
initiation of Breast Feeding?
i.e. Why fill the mouth in the 1st three days with a pseudo-mom which by
recorded literature directly steers the infant AWAY from mom?
>>
David,
That's the $64,000 question! Guess old habits die hard. Perhaps as evidence
based practice grows so will better starts for moms and babies...
Gretchen Andrews, BA, IBCLC
private practice, Redlands, CA USA
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