>>if one in twenty babies cannot tolerate their mother's milk, doesn't it seem
>>odd that we don't know anything about it in our community (never seen this
>>mentioned anywhere, lawrence, riordan and auerbach, etc.) and that the human
>>race has SURVIVED? come on now.
>

As I started this thread, I thought I should clarify something this paed
said. It was 1 in 20 babies that supposedly had a problem with low levels
of enzyme to *one or more* of the oligosaccharides in breastmilk. In mild
cases, the baby was OK, but that this mother's baby had a severe case
because he supposedly had lack of enzymes to *many* of the types of
oligosaccharides. I think that is what he said to the mother, and she
explained to me.

Now I haven't read anything about this either - that's why I asked you all,
in case someone had seen something related to this at all, and could shed
light on what this paed was talking about. He said that there was something
on the Web, on some sort of paediatrics site recently about this. I had a
look at the AAP site but couldn't find anything remotely related to this
topic, but I admit I am not the world's greatest 'surfer'.

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Joy Anderson B.Sc. Dip.Ed. Grad.Dip.Med.Tech. IBCLC
Nursing Mothers' Association of Australia Breastfeeding Counsellor
Perth, Western Australia.   mailto:[log in to unmask]
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