At 10:16 PM 10/2/96 -0400, Linda wrote:
>Had a mom today that I've worked with in the past with her 8 month old in the
>hospital for prolonged diarrhea, wt loss and rehydration.  Baby has been
>mainly nursing at night. The Dr. had mom stop breastfeeding and the baby was
>given Alimentum.  Baby improves.  Mom states Dr. wants her to wait a week or
>two to rest the bowel.  She is pumping.  The baby was also previously on soy
>ABM.  I told mom that this is not an uncommon thing and that the bowel needs
>to rest.

Certainly 8 months is quite young to be truly lactose intolerant BUT if the
baby had a severe GI insult baby could have a transitory decrease in lactase
while the cells that make the lactase recover.   I don't know Alimentum by
heart, is this a formula where the sugars are broken down (ie no lactose) or
is it a formula where the proteins are broken down to the amino acid level?

> What would you give this guy.
>Personally I know what he needs....a baby to breastfeed for about a year.

and then for some fool to throw up barriers to what his heart knows is best
for his baby...

So sorry you had to be subjected to such abuse.

Carla (just north of Washington, DC)
Carla (just north of Washington, DC)