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Dee Kassing BS MLS IBCLC <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 15 Mar 2005 22:48:07 EST
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Hello to all.
    I am sorry to learn of some of the eye problems of  some of your 
children, and glad to hear that some of them were able to be fixed  with surgery or 
other means.  Please remember that I said amblyopia--which  is one type of eye 
problem, not all--*predominantly* occurs in bottle-fed  babies.  There are 
exceptions to every rule.  Although breastfeeding  reduces the risk of later need 
for speech therapy or orthodontia, there are  still children who were 
breastfed who will need either or both of these  therapies.  Research can only show 
risk in a population, not what will  happen with any given person.  I am also 
sure that some eye problems are  congenital, and some are due to birth trauma 
and might be helped by craniosacral  therapy.  The question Jeanette asked was 
why do we suggest alternating  sides when bottle-feeding.  One of the reasons 
is to *reduce risk* of  amblyopia, but as in everything else in life, there are 
no guarantees.
    Dee  

Dee Kassing,  BS, MLS, IBCLC, RLC 
Collinsville IL, in central  USA


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