Mary writes:

First is  one mother who has a clear cut need to supplement and has been 
struggling with  supply issues since day 1 (elderly primip with breast 
reduction surgery). She  wants to supplement with organic baby formula.  One of the 
well known  formula brands makes an organic formula but it contains DHA and 
AHA (how can  that be called organic?). 
 
~~~ Hi Mary,
 
It's called organic because, as I understand it, "organic" relates to  
"food" and DHA and ARA are not foods, so this is exempt. Depending on the brand  
of organic artificial infant milk, it may also be extracted without using 
the  hexane method. The other possible confounder is that one company lists 
its  formula for Toddlers, because, they say, they in no way want to 
undermine  breastfeeding, so they do not market an infant one. This would then be  
considered a complementary food, rather than a replacement food. If you look 
at  the ingredients list, it seems the same as the other brands infant 
formulas.  Different companies can be very different in their products. 
 
As for the baby with severe esophagitis, hopefully the medications will  
allow some healing, yes. I have worked with babies like this who seemed 
willing  to near-starve  due to painful feeding experiences. It was a baby like  
this, who would not breastfeed, would barely bottlefeed, and cried nearly 
24-7 (  and mom was not exaggerating at all) who taught me about CST.  ( Had 
never  had any experience with it before.) Baby was on Zantac, ( didn't help 
at  all) then Prevacid, which helped a little. What really seemed to help was 
 CST. After a few sessions, baby was off meds and breastfeeding well 
without  needing to be supplemented at all. There may be other reasons for 
esophagitis or  severe GERD, but the CST practitioner explained how the Vagus 
nerve, which  controls digestion and other things, is the nerve most likely to be 
 impinged/'inflamed/somehow compromised, during labor and/or delivery. This 
 nerve innervates the muscles of the stomach and intestines.  CST may  be a 
hard sell for some families ( and their doctors and nurses) but I don't  
push, I just share with them the stories I've lived through with the families 
I  have seen it help. Best of luck with both these situations.
 
Peace,
Judy  

Judy LeVan  Fram, PT, IBCLC, LLLL
Brooklyn, NY,  USA
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