It's difficult to come up with research that proves stupidity is stupid.

You could say lots of things to him - about the contamination risks, 
risks from too thick a mix, aspiration issues, likelyhod of obesity.

But as the paed in question, can't walk and chew gum, hard to be 
listened too!  You cannot prove a negative, and you can't find research 
to disprove a personal reccomendation that is simply batshit crazy.

I suppose the only real question to ask, is why he reccomended it?  Does 
the baby have weight gain issues at all?

Morgan  Gallagher

On 27/11/2010 07:05, Suzie Owens wrote:
> Dear wonderful people of Lactnet,
>
> I worked with a mom recently who was told by her pediatrician to mix powdered formula into her expressed breastmilk to help the baby gain weight.  It's not a matter of adding a little bit of ABM powder to the breastmilk to fortify, but rather adding the full amount of ABM powder as if the EBM was water.  This mom has an ample supply and has been freezing her excess breastmilk.  I've searched the archives and found nothing.  It is the first time I've heard of this, but knowing what I know about formula preparation and breastmilk composition it seems like it might be a dangerous practice, not to mention the lactoferrin binding with the iron fortification in the ABM.  Anyone have any knowledge of this?  I want to call the pediatrician and ask about the suggestion, but it's a pedi I'm not familiar with, in another part of town, so I would like to be armed with some evidence based information.
>
> Suzie Owens, IBCLC, RLC
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