There was a very good article in the LA Times this morning (I assigned
it to my students to read...and I'm hoping the breastfeed babies 20%
less likely to die in US story will be in there tomorrow). Here is the
link. (of course, someone needs to tell this mom that she can breastfeed
even if she doesn't get a lot to eat... cheaper to feed herself then buy
substandard formula. Well, all formula is substandard, but this was
particularly so.)

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-baby3may03,1,7173648.story

FUYANG, China — When Yang Kaili was born in January, her mother wasn't
able to breast-feed her, so the baby was given Star of the Grasslands
baby milk powder. "We don't really have enough to eat," mother Qiu Fang
said, "so I can't produce milk."

By February, Kaili's head had started to puff up. Her skin turned bright
red and glossy, and her eyes were reduced to slits. What the family
initially thought were healthy signs of her gaining weight was actually
their daughter's tiny, malnourished body screaming out for help. It
turned out that several brands of infant formula sold in their province
in central China were fake and contained almost no nutritional value.

Jennifer Tow, IBCLC wrote:

>Well, I hope it's all ready to feed, since you cannot safely drink the water in China.
>Jennifer Tow, IBCLC, CT, USA
>
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