The LLLI conf. was wonderful!  I came home very re-charged as the result of
seeing so many friends, both old and new, and of course all the beautiful
breastfed babies.  Many wonderful papers were presented.  Perhaps people who
attended can share their impressions of the best talks they heard.

If I were pressed to recommend the two best talks I heard (and suggest which
tapes to purchase) I would pick Jane Heinig's talk on the data she and her
colleagues gathered from a lengthy, well-designed, prospective study on
early infant weight gain and loss in the Davis, CA community. It was
basically a talk about early markers for poor feeding. She found that bfed
infants who were feeding well, or who had early interventions to help them
feed well,  seldom lost above 6% of birthweight.  They began to regain
birthweight within the first week postpartum.  She made the comment that
perhaps waiting 10-14 days to see re-gained birthweight is on the late side
to identify poor feeding.  The data will be published prob. in the next
year.  It was an excellent talk, and she made a compelling case for LC
assistance.

I also thought Walter Rogan's talk on contaminants in breastmilk was
fascinating.  Dr. Rogan has been studying this issue all his professional
life. He is a good teacher, able to make a complex subject aprehendable, and
while never for a moment minimizing the concerns we should all have about
making the environment cleaner for the people at the top of the food chain
(nursing babies) he made it clear that breastmilk is still the best food for
babies.

Barbara Wilson-Clay BSEd, IBCLC
Austin Lactation Associates
http://www.lactnews.com

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