Greetings all..... Want to share with you an interesting page I came
across today.  It offers a free e-mail subscription to the Pediatrics
Table of Contents each month. Address is:
www.pediatrics.org/subscriptions

I copied off an  article from the May 1998 issue entitled "Effects of
Exposure to Alcohol in Mother's Mlk on Infant Sleep" by Julie A Mennella
and Carolyn J Gerrish.  Their conclusions: "Although the mechanisms
underlying the reduction in sleep remain to be elucidated, this study
shows that short-term exposure to small amounts of alcohol in breast
milk produces distinctive changes in the sleep-awake patterning."

Of note!!!!  The researchers fed the babies breast milk in a bottle
which had alcohol added to it!!!  Now what does that tell anyone except
the effects of serving ebm cocktails??!!  One more thing to frighten
mothers and sacrifice bf.  GRRR!!

Susan Wirtjes RN IBCLC

from Susan in Iowa (is this heaven?)

"What you permit, you promote"