Kathleen:
You may want to check out:
Combs, V.L. & Marino, B.L. (1993). A comparison of growth patterns in breast
and bottle-fed infants with congenital heart disease. PEDIATRIC NURSING,
19(2), 175-179.
Re: abstract = severity of defect not a predictor of infant's ability to
breastfeed; n= 45 mother-infant dyads; "bottle-fed infants fell significantly
off their individual growth curves than did breast-fed infants."
Sounds interesting--hope to look it up soon.
Karen Kerkhoff Gromada