Nikki reminded us:

Apropos of the topic of baby-led feeding, remember that there are several
articles supporting what Ruth Lawrence MD, mother of 9, has said, i.e.
"....when we bottle-feed babies,we tend to overfeed them".

I am so curious about the relationship between chronic over feeding of formula, from birth,
and the rate of obesity in the US. I cannot dismiss the potential relationship between setting 
the satiety center from birth to be the equivalent of eating at the Las Vegas buffet (and oh I 
love those, but when I go, I eat one time a day!), every meal, 8-12 times a day and our rate of 
obesity.

Parents simply do not know what the normal feed volume is for a newborn (until we provide
the education!) :)



I would love to see some research on this topic.

Michelle H. Kinne ICCE CD(DONA) CLE
www.DoulaDiva.org



 


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