>http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/13/health/views/the-joy-of-feeding-without-all-the-parental-angst.html?_r=1
>
>This excerpt got my attention:
>
>"Dr. Birch and Dr. Ian M. Paul, a professor of pediatrics at Penn
>State College of Medicine, are testing a multipronged intervention
>aimed at helping parents learn healthier feeding habits. This includes
>strategies for helping babies sleep longer - in part by responding to
>night waking with something other than food - and learning to identify
>those hunger and satiety cues. In addition, parents are counseled on
>how and when to introduce solid foods, and how to help babies enjoy
>new offerings."
>
>Is anyone familiar with this research?
>
>Jessica Claire
>LLLL IBCLC in Los Angeles


Jessica, could this be similar to this initiative that's becoming 
popular in the UK?

http://www.henry.org.uk/

We have reports from people who have taken part in the training for 
'HENRY' who say there is clear emphasis on not feeding at night from 
the age of 6 mths.

This is concerning us, as of course it is very normal for babies and 
toddlers and indeed older children to wake in the night and to 
breastfeed.

I think (and I have not had any discussion with anyone connected with 
'HENRY') that there could be some confusion here. If a formula fed 
baby/toddler continues to wake frequently in the night and is given a 
bottle each time, this could well be something that could lead to 
over-feeding and later obesity (which this initiative is trying to 
combat). But this is not the case with breastfeeding - babies who 
breastfeed in the night self-regulate more easily than bottle fed 
babies and in case the research linking feeding with obesity is the 
other way - breastfeeding = less obesity.  The studies linked to in 
the NYT article are not representative - in particular, Belarus is 
not an 'obesogenic' society.

So if there *is* research linking night feeding with less healthy 
feeding habits, breastfeeding and formula feeding need to be 
differentiated better, IMO.

Heather Neil


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