On Fri, 22 Mar 1996 10:27:53 -0500, Deena Zimmerman wrote:
>9.5 is borderline anemia in a 6 month old (the usual lower cut off is
>10.2).  A baby is now six months old what about starting some iron
>fortified cereal?

Dear Deena,

I don't have the reference, but I've read that iron additives reduce the
absorption of iron from mother's milk, reducing the total iron absorbed
by the baby.

Jonathan

On Fri, 22 Mar 1996 12:25:52 -0600, Debbie McClurg-Hitt wrote:
>I'm confused by your e-mail concerning WIC funding cuts.  The WIC Program
>in our state (Missouri) did not get any "cuts" in funding.  It's my
>understanding the the appropriations bill (at the federal level) for the
>current year was signed w/o any "cuts."  Does your State get state
>appropriations to run the WIC Program?  Maybe that's where the "cuts" are
>coming from.  The MO WIC Program doesn't receive any state-appropriated
>funds.

Dear Debbie,

This is probably fallout from the national budget battles when the president
and Democratic minority were making political hay by misinterpreting the
Republican limitation of growth rates as "cuts".

Jonathan