Anyone else note that World Breastfeeding Week got woefuly little attention 
here in the US? No surprise there. I did note that in this mornings issue of 
USA Today, there was an article re: babies "being heavier" specifically over 
the last 20 years and that it does impact long term health. They talked 
about food being used for comfort and reward and to get them to quiet, and 
that it is so easy to encourage babies to take a little bit more out of the 
bottle.

Finally in the last two sentences, it was mentioned that breastfed babies 
were less likely to be heavy and that doing so was protective against 
obesity later in life. WOW!

Just this week I had a telephone call from a mom who offered 10 ounces at 
one sitting to her baby, I beleive a 3 week old. Her thought was that if she 
could take it why not? Pediatricians in our area tell our moms to offer 6-8 
ounces by bottle after one month of age. After several generations of 
formula feeding we are fatter than ever - the conclusions really need to be 
drawn, but when?

LuAnn Smith RN, IBCLC
York, PA

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