In a message dated 3/23/99 9:26:30 PM Eastern Standard Time,
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> Of course, he won't
>  name them, and the 32 that are listed in Babywise are not all
pediatricians.
>
>  Jan Barger

I did talk to several of the Ezzos'  "medical advisors" (they read the book
*after* it was already written, so I'm not sure what advising they offered.).
My favorite comment was from the one (OB) who told me that if you nurse a baby
on cue, "your breasts won't have time to refill". I also interviewed the one
IBCLC I could find who strongly supports Babywise. I can't remember her name
at the moment..... Anyway, her take was that women who cue-feed become so run
down that they are more likely to turn to the bottle. She told me she has seen
this "hundreds of times".

My article on this topic had a pretty good overview of the AAP's position on
Gary Ezzo's materials. You can read it at:


http://www.salonmagazine.com/mwt/feature/1998/08/cov_06feature.html

Katie Allison Granju
Knoxville, TN
http://www.wearsthebaby.com/katiegranju.htm