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Lee Galasso <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 14 Oct 2005 14:05:22 -0400
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From Melissa Vickers

>There's very little in the policy that addresses formula-feeding risks,
other than to say, nearly in passing, that a formula-fed infant sleeps more
deeply and that perhaps the reason the pacifier "works" is because it mimics
the lighter sleep pattern of the breastfed infant.<

Melissa, I wonder out loud, with tongue in cheek:  Why would the AAP, except
for their Section on Breastfeeding, ever expose the harm that artificial
baby milk (ABM) confers on babies?  That would be biting the hand that feeds
the organization.

>So the REAL headline for this policy statement, based on their evidence,
should be that.anything that leads to sleeping too deeply should be avoided.
Wouldn't THAT generate some interesting discussion in the news media!<

Yes, let's expose a real problem.  Also, it is interesting how nobody in the
media picked up on the cariogenic study's omission of formula and did not
include assessing the cariogenic harm conferred by ABM, while in total
ignorance pointed erroneously at breastmilk.

Lee Galasso, MS, IBCLC, RLC

Lactation Specialist

Westchester County, NY State

 

 


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