Where can I find a study that reveals the importance of breastmilk as the  
primary source of nutrtion, to be offered before complimentary foods in the  
first year of life?  I have searched the AAP pages but have not found  anything 
clearly related to this.  I received a call tonight from a  concerned mom of a 
nine month old who is doing well, gaining weight  appropriately and has met 
appropriate milestones, which are impressive since he  was a premie.  He has 
been happily breastfeeding all along and was started  on solids at around 6 
months.  He eats a few times a day following  breastfeeding.  When the mom saw the 
pediatrician today (one of my  favorites and the one my own kids go to!), he 
said that the baby should be  eating way more solids, that they should be the 
main source of his diet, that  breastmilk was not as important anymore, should 
not be offered until after  the baby "eats a meal",  and that the baby "could 
not take in enough of  this liquid to get calories"-- whatever on earth that 
meant.  If we were  talking "water" then yes, that is true.  Cows milk, rice 
milk, soy  milk - yep, I agree.  BUT BREASTMILK???  This is not just liquid  -- 
it is mega nutrition.  So, what would be the best study or fact filled  info 
sheet I could send this doc?  Thanks, Ann 
 
Ann  Conlon-Smith, IBCLC Triangle Lactation Consultants 
_www.trianglelactation.com_ (http://www.trianglelactation.com/) 


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