We could learn a lot from countries which are not as "developed" as we
are.  With regard to breastfeeding, "developed" usually means without
having "developed" idiotic ideas yet.  I worked 18 months in the
Transkei (South Africa), and we had 12% low birth weight babies.  If
they survived, they all were fed without bottles, no artificial milk
(yes, that means fortifiers), and on to the breast often by 1200 or
1300 grams.  Yes, some were small for gestational age, but many were
true prematures.  And only occasionally did we have babies whose
growth we were concerned about.

Unfortunately, in modern, "advanced" North America, we know so much
about premature nutrition, we have decided that breastmilk is not good
enough, and that prematures cannot be fed without bottles, or grrrrr,
test weighings and nipple shields.

It's a start Julius.  They might soon find you are a crazed radical.

Jack Newman, MD, FRCPC