Hi all

Nikki's post got me thinking.... 

Maybe in THIS case, it IS appropriate to say that breastfeeding makes a
person smarter. Not necessarily smarter than the [implied norm] formula fed
baby, but just smarter than when he or she entered the world.

Does formula "subtract" IQ points? Or does breastfeeding "add" them? 

I guess it largely depends on whether a newborn is born with a certain
"number of IQ points" or intellectual capacity. If they are, then
breastfeeding just develops what is there anyway and in a way that mother
nature intended. Formula would not allow that capacity to develop.

If a newborn is born with a certain potential, then breastfeeding COULD be
responsible for developing and maximizing that potential and formula could
prevent reaching that capacity.

In any case, it will likely be a VERY LONG TIME before we read the headline:
Formula makes babies dumber."

Melissa Vickers, IBCLC, waxing philosophical way too early in the morning!
Huntingdon, TN

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Date:    Wed, 7 May 2008 07:52:52 EDT
From:    Nikki Lee <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: reaction to the "BF Babies are Smarter"

Dear Friends:
 
While I love the mention of exclusive breastfeeding in this article, the  
language is still reflecting the notion that formula-fed babies are the
norm.
 
It isn't that breastfeeding makes a person smarter.......it's the lack of  
breastfeeding that takes away the IQ points! 
 
warmly,
 
Nikki Lee RN, BSN, MS, Mother of 2, IBCLC, CCE, CIMI
craniosacral  therapy practitioner, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania USA
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