The new AAP guidelines specifically say "NEWBORNS should be nursed
approximately 8 to 12 times every 24 hours until satiety, usually 10 to 15
minutes on each breast."
They don't say you need to continue nursing this often/long until the baby
is 12 months old. Not that that would be a bad idea . . . . but that isn't
what the guidelines say.
I have sent my email to NOW. Wish there was something more I could do.
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Katherine A. Dettwyler, Ph.D. email: [log in to unmask]
Anthropology Department phone: (409) 845-5256
Texas A&M University fax: (409) 845-4070
College Station, TX 77843-4352
http://www.prairienet.org/laleche/dettwyler.html