Dear Lactnetters,
Since I am an AOL user (sounds like a bad drug when it is put that way?) I 
was able to read the article.  I cut and paste the letter to the Editor I sent.  
The "article" was only two paragraphs with a picture of a baby, bottle 
feeding OF COURSE!  
Reading this article and writing the letter were NOT compatible with the 
relaxing music I have on!
Christie Pillado
El Paso, Texas


From:    Jenn Mowatt <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Real Simple


This is only availabe to subscribers and AOL users. :(

Jenn
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Kathleen Fallon Pasakarnis" <[log in to unmask]>


> You can also read the article in Real Simple online. The section on
breastfeeding can be found at:
<A HREF="http://www.realsimple.com/realsimple/features/article/0,16466,461161-462330,00.html">
http://www.realsimple.com/realsimple/features/article/0,16466,461161-462330,00.html</A>


To the Editor;
I am sure that mine is not the first letter you have received to date on your 
horrendeously mis-informative article on breastfeeding.  I have over 29 
months under my belt of nursing two children and I have to say that there is 
nothing more efficient or time saving than milk that is always ready and always 
available to a child and a mother.  
Boris Petrikovsky, chairman of the department of obstetrics-gynecology at 
Nassau University Medical Center, in East Meadow, New York may be concerned about 
how much a baby takes in but he is obviously not concerned about WHAT a baby 
takes in.  
I was glad to see that the article did correctly state that breastfed babies 
have a stronger immune system.  How can a baby with a weakened immune system 
who is more sickly (and thus requires more time in the doctor's office and more 
worry on the part of Mom and Dad) be such a time saver?  Several studies show 
that babies who are breastfed cry less and their mothers get more rest than 
mothers feeding formula (artifical breastmilk). 
I would be glad to supply your writers with well researched, evidenced based 
studies that definatively state that feeding a baby formula (artifical 
breastmilk) is not only a time WASTER but dangerous to the health of that child for 
the rest of his or her life.
I sincerely hope that a retraction of this gross error in reporting is 
retracted in your next issue and more accurate and well researched information is 
printed.  This is a timely and important issue.  Many women would be grateful to 
have accurate information to support them and their babies.
Sincerely, 
Christine Pillado








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