Hi All,
Jack wrote:


Please, Doctor Neonatologist, oh holy one, oh s/he who is never wrong
and never doubts the quality of the sacred infant formula passed on to
us by the new gods of Geneva Switzerland (hallowed be their
names)--could you provide some studies to explain why breastmilk is too
low in protein and fat when mothers are tandem nursing?  Could you dig
up some theory to explain that?

Jack Newman, MD, FRCPC


Jack, you are great!  (and very funny/sarcastic...I love it!)

Quite frankly, it is my observation, and that of Chele Marmett (she talked
about this at the Clinic Day I organized for her a few months ago) and other
LC's I work with and talk to on a regular basis, that the newborn in the
tandem triangle actually gets more fats and gains faster than average bc the
older baby/toddler will leave the higher fat milk for the baby.  In other
words:
Toddler BF from breast A.  Baby comes along, BF from breast B, then tops off
on breast A, getting higher in fat content milk bc the toddler already
drained breast A and now breast A is producing specifically bc there is
someone making a demand for milk.
I can attest to that simply bc PJ is alaready almost 18 lbs at 5 mo old!  He
is a BIG boy!  My 34 mo old is still BF, so I have the first-hand experience
of the tandem nursing triangle.
HOnestly, this comment that breastmilk would be too low in whatevers bc of
tandem nursing is like the Drs here saying that my clients milk is too
strong for her premie baby, but the formula is just fine.  (Never mind the
increased risk of NEC and a whole host of other things that can be
prevented/lessened in severity by giving mothers milk only.
Hey folks, why hasn't that altar been put to rest?  Oh, I remember, too many
people in the hip pockets of you-know-who are still using it (to the
extremem detriment of many moms and babies).
Jay
Jay Simpson, CLE
Sacramento, CA
Mama Milk is the Greatest!