Cathy wrote:
 isn't it better to think of their
 babies at least getting ABM - in preference to, say, soda or root beer, or
 even "regular" cows' milk? I've seen many women come in to WIC with their
 babies getting bottles of all kinds of stuff (all of them worse than ABM)
 when their formula supply has run out.

I've been following this thread with interest and have to agree with what
Cathy said.  I see babies getting all sorts of stuff  in their bottles
"after the formula runs out".  Sometimes it's the cause of the visit to the
doctor in the first place. I've gone from thinking it was an odd case  here
and there to realizing it's some people's end of month reality.

Gail
Gail S. Hertz, MD, IBCLC
Resident,  Dept. of Pediatrics
PSGHS Children's Hospital
Hershey  PA
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