A common theory for many years at our hospital is that a baby uses more 
calories to breastfeed than to bottle-feed. It reared its head again today with 
a full-term newborn who is having some kidney problems and has been 
instructed by the Pediatrician to nurse 10 minutes a side and then take the 
baby off and give him formula (even though she is getting overfull) because he 
will use too many calories to continue to breastfeed. 

Is there any basis for this advice? Any studies out there to the contrary? This 
is not the easiest physician to talk to and will certainly want my sources if I 
try to discuss it with him. 

Frustrated LC

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