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A few bits of information nursing mothers have gotten (these are
reported to me by the mother, so they are second hand):
pediatrician to a mother of a 6 month old who does not want to eat
solids:
‹stop breastfeeding, give the baby formula
‹also had advised giving cereal at 3 months ³to get the baby used to
solids²
pediatrician to an exclusively breastfeeding mother whose 3 month old
gained 22 oz between 3 and 4 months of age (2 pounds in first month, 2
pounds in 2nd month):
‹top up with formula
pediatrician to a mother of an 18 month old whose baby is on the third
percentile for height and weight and is apparently allergic to dairy
products (the baby has always been small, but the paediatrician is
unaware of previous weights and heights as the mother just changed
paediatricians):
‹give the baby soy formula (which she had never had before)
‹also implied that she should stop breastfeeding
‹when the baby refused to drink soy formula and cried for an hour
‹keep at it, it will only take a few days
surgeon to a mother of a two month old who just got breastfeeding
going well, after sore nipples and who has a breast lump which the
physician feels is cystic on ultrasound:
‹stop breastfeeding and come back in a week. I¹ll repeat the
ultrasound to see if the lump has anything to do with lactation.
‹When mother asked if she could nurse on the other side, since the
lump is only on one side:
‹no, because when one side dries up so will the other. The two act
as ³one large muscle²
(maybe that¹s why women ³pump² milk)
rheumatologist to a nursing mother of a 5 month old. She has
developed rheumatoid arthritis.
‹you can pass on the genes for arthritis in your milk
Jack Newman, MD,FRCPC
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