Diane wrote:

> We've never had an emergency room accident visit with our boys (now 18 and
> 15).  They've never broken a bone, had stitches, gotten a stick
> in the eye.
> Are they cautious kids, or lucky, or are their breastfed reflexes
> responsible in part?  I'd love to see a study of accident rates among the
> breastfed and formula-fed, from falling off the couch as toddlers to
> crashing cars as adults.  Any comments?

Well, in my sample of three, my completely wild, ADHD terror child, bf only
19 months has never injured himself (picture me touching wood) necessitating
a trip to the ER.  My middle child, bf 27 months, fell off the couch this
spring and broke her arm (she was 5 1/2).  My 3rd child, still bf at 38
months, last year at this time, accidentally pitched herself out of a 3rd
story window (fell through the screen) and managed to escape with only
scrapes and a broken arm (3 places).  So, my kids are in reverse order...my
longest nurser is my most accident prone (she also fell out of our
neighbor's van 2 months ago and did a face plant on the driveway--her eye
was swollen shut for 2 days).  Heaven help me, she's only 3...

Kathy, who spends alot of time in the doctor's office...
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Kathy Koch, BSEd, IBCLC
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