In a message dated 11/12/0 4:22:41 PM, [log in to unmask] writes:

<<  As for counselling my
patients, I really don't see it as a positive intervention to point out to
a mother that her child's asthma, or recurrent ear infections, or
........(fill in the blank), may be due to the formula-feeding or lack of
breastfeeding, except in one situation: *the mother is pregnant again* >>

Alicia,
I would disagree with this b/c women who do not breastfeed have a huge impact
on their friends who are pregnant. Many mothers think that bf is not very
important b/c they have friends who have children who do not bf and are not
aware that those children may be suffering (visibly, they all suffer in the
long run) from having been artificially fed.
Jennifer Tow, IBCLC, CT, USA

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