On Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:19:18 -0500, Kirkwood, Angela 
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>What I rarely see, is the criticism focused on those that are so extreme
>with breastfeeding and breast milk promotion that they fail to recognize
>that a situation may need medical attention or continuing a plan of only
>receiving milk at the breast or breast milk only. ....
 
refusal to take textured foods and
>resulting oral aversion related to prolonging introduction of spoon
>feedings well into toddlerhood,  
>Angie Kirkwood RN,BSN, IBCLC, RLC

There were some things in your post that I agreed with, Angela, and in 
general I think we should refrain from generalizing about others. HOWEVER, I 
have some questions about the above statement.

I assume that the above sentence  "resulting oral aversion related to 
PROLONGING introduction of spoon feedings well into toddlerhood" was 
actually meant to read  "DELAYING introduction ... " (sorry , I cannot use 
italics, so I have to shout)?  If you are saying that by delaying spoon feeding 
past a certain age babies will be orally averse to eating, I would love to see 
the research on this.  And my other question is, you actually see this in the 
NICU where you work?  If this is a NICU, and these poor children have been 
kept away from spoons well into toddlerhood, why are they in the NICU and 
not the PICU? Maybe I misread and you don't work in a NICU; not sure on that 
one.
As someone who has run support groups for years, I believe I have heard that 
many times before. It is actually on my list of "myths" about 
breastfeeding/starting solids. Please correct me with some peer-reviewed 
evidence.
Not meaning to be snippy,
Jamelle Lyons, IBCLC

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