> "I don't tout bf babies as the norm, at least not those born in the US.
> Perhaps it is normal for babies who are born drugged and traumatized, fed
> too infrequently (and often fed AIM), separated from their mothers, and
> whose mothers consume the Standard American Diet to stool infrequently, but
> how would this apply to the biological norm?"
> Here's a sample of two, and then one:  two babies born with a minimum of
> drugs (a little stadol in the IV each time about 2/3 of the way through
> labor), not traumatized, fed several times an hour around the clock (for
> years), no formula ever, one separated for the first 4 hours after birth,
> the other one never separated, and the mother consuming a diet healthier
> than the typical US diet, with little meat, lots of whole grains, fruits and
> veggies --

Well, I can add my one to this pile.  ;-)  My daughter was born with no
drugs (a small amount of homeopathy before labour ever started was the
extent of "medications"), was never separated from me, I never had an IV
(drank juice and ate an apple in labour), has never had a drop of AIM,
and nursed several times per hour in the first weeks (until about 2
months or so).  She was, in fact, probably latched on pretty much 22/24
hrs of the day for her colostrum at least...then spaced it out to about
every 20-40 minutes nursing.  I might not eat as healthy a diet as some
people, but I probably do eat a diet healthier than the North American
"norm" of fries and hamburgers and coke.

Sandrine stooled once every 8-10 days from about age 6 weeks through to
when she started solids, at 8 months.

Fio.

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