Two comments on soy formula:
1) a doctor on a reserve nearby is recommending soy formula to mothers
quite systematically, because he understands that most Native children
are lactose intolerant.
2) a mother at the family resource centre here told me that she had not
been able to breastfeed... "It wasn't an option," she said, "because my
baby is allergic to milk. My doctor suggested soy formula instead." (I
noticed she said "soy formula" and not "soy milk.")
So, I'm wondering if soy formula is not *still* being promoted by health
care professionals as an alternative to the evils of other formulas,
which contain milk, and even as an alternative to breasts, which also
seem to contain milk.
I know, I thought we had left behind this kind of thing in, say, 1983,
when my son was born and breastfeeding was coming back into style.
Jo-Anne

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