Jodine,
You are very right. Formula feeding is almost universal but half of infants
are still receiving some breastmilk at 6 mo of age. But all those situations
where women are expressing (expressing breastmilk often requiring power for
extraction and storage) and using breastfeeding supplementers (so difficult
to clean at the best of times) are also really important to think about.
I absolutely think that having recommendations of emergencies would be great
for guidelines and in fact we should aim for the same here in Australia (our
guidelines are up for review also). Nina, can you remember this?
Karleen Gribble
Australia
-----Original Message-----
From: Lactation Information and Discussion
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Sent: Friday, 14 January 2011 1:17 AM
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Subject: Re: Infant feeding in the Australian flood
This is not just an issue for formula fed babies. The first-world's luxuries
allow for (and create!) feeding situations where babies are fed breastmilk
exclusively pumped using electric breast pumps, from stores kept in electric
refrigerators and freezers. Even women who are supplementing at the breast
using SNS or lactaid or similar devices face significant challenges.
Do we have any idea what percentage of our infant populations are fed this
way?
I was thinking about this issue just last night, in the context of what
might be missing from Health Canada's draft recommendations for the
nutritional requirements for infants age 0-6 (open for online commentary
until Feb 3, 2011.)
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/nutrition/infant-nourisson/index-eng.php
I was wondering if the recommendations should include guidelines for infant
feeding in emergency situations.
-- Jodine Chase
On 2011-01-13, at 2:22 AM, Karleen Gribble wrote:
> Hi Magda,
> I'm not aware of it being discussed on any forums in any significant way.
> I've been trying to keep my ear to the ground as much as possible to get
> some idea of what is going on. In scale, I don't think there is anything
> comparable that has happened in an industrialised country except Hurricane
> Katrina (which was much larger in terms of the population affected).
> Certainly there is infant formula being distributed in evacuation centres
> and it seems likely that much of this has been donated by industry (a
breach
> of the Code and the Ops Guidance on IFE). As to how carefully this formula
> is being distributed I have not been able to find out. Certainly many of
the
> resources needed to formula feed including formula, water and power are in
> short supply in many places. It really concerns me. The world has turned
> upsidedown for many families and something that was perhaps easy for many,
> formula feeding, has suddenly become extremely difficult. ABA has
contacted
> aid orgs to ensure that they are aware of the breastfeeding helpline but I
> don't know how many calls have come through from affected families
> (hopefully will find out at some stage).
> Karleen Gribble
> Australia
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lactation Information and Discussion
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Magda Sachs
> Sent: Thursday, 13 January 2011 8:00 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Infant feeding in the Australian flood
>
> I have not been reading lactnet for some time, so I had a quick look at
> the last few weeks. I have missed any post, if there has been one, on the
> infant feeding consequences of the flooding in Queensland.
>
> I hope that our Australian colleagues are able to contribute in some way
> to helping to minimise the plight of artificially fed children in that
> area, and are also able to document the consequences in a developed
> country of the choice to formula feed.
>
> Is there a forum where this is being discussed or is there anything that
> anyone outside the country can do to support?
>
> Magda Sachs
> Public Health Manager, Salford, UK
>
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