Sadly,  the main pediatric author Dr. Joan Meek is also an IBCLC, and she is
very much respected in the State of Florida.  She was part of the committee
that determined that breastfeeding should take place for at least the first
year.  She is one of our better allies.   I am sure she is very disraught
about the Ross label.

--Debbie Albert

In a message dated 8/16/02 8:58:26 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
[log in to unmask] writes:


> Date:    Fri, 16 Aug 2002 19:19:11 -0400
> From:    ifab <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: AAP response
>
> >What distinguishes the New Mother's Guide to
> >Breastfeeding from other reference books on this topic is that it has
> >been written and extensively reviewed by pediatricians.
> Yeah, and so what that makes it better?  Maybe it should have been
> reviewed by breastfeeding experts like Lactation Consultants, no?
>
> Ilene Fabisch, IBCLC, LLLL, WIC BF Co
> Listmom wicbfnet and MLCANET
> Brockton, MA
>


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