I just felt the boiling was unnecessary, I've used my own stash of milk for
cereal and it was much easier mixing some thawed out milk and the cereal
without going the extra step of boiling it. Just my opinion:)

Sheena

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From: Lactation Information and Discussion
[mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of gonneke van veldhuizen
Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 9:17 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: mybreastfedbaby.com


Why is boiling milk to make a thicker substance out of it so terrible? Of
course boiling will destroy many nutrients. But I don't presume that this
boiled milk serving will be all the child gets to eat. And choosing between
cereals with ABM or regular cow's milk or on the other hand with part of
mom's frozen stock I'd opt for the last. Boiling doesn't make milk bad, just
lowers the quality.
If mom has a frozen stock and wants to feed it to her baby why not be
creative. And if a mom wants to feed cereals (which is the part that I
wouldn't recommend, because I don't see that as a major step in the feeding
development) then why not use her frozen stock? Better cooked than thrown
away.
And BTW, raw human milk does not thicken unless heated to destroy the
carbo-eating enzymes.

Warmly,

Gonneke,
Dutch IBCLC, LLLL, living in Germany, teaching in Belgium


Sheena & Jason Carnes <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
I agree Dianne, I spent some time on the site and agree lots of the
information is very short and incomplete. I was shocked under the
Breastmilk Recipes section to see that for baby's first cereal the Breast
milk needed to be boiled. This would certainly damage many of the
immunological properties of BM and could lead to possible burning of baby.
I think this gal's heart is in the right place but perhaps she should put
some more time into getting her information correct and more polished.

Sheena Carnes
RN, LLL Leader
Iowa


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