Rachel writes:

Could  the die-hard myth about goat's milk being suitable for human 
children stem  from the word 'kid' used to denote the young of both  species? 


~~~
Interesting question. My sense was, at least where I live, that moms  
envision goats as living on a family farm somewhere, eating more naturally and  
living more naturally, vs. large factory farms where cows are force-fed 
various  substances to make them make more milk. So, in this vision cow's milk 
would be  more laden with unwanted substances and compromised by the 
"production" drive of  the business person, vs. the "happy, healthy goats" on the 
happy little  family farms who are in a more natural state. Though, there is 
still a lot of  ignorance about what the actual differences and similarities 
btw. cow, goat and  human milks are, this "natural" view is probably a part 
of people's continued  thinking on the subject. Other than the fact that 
goats seem to be more active,  and seem to like to stand on tree stumps,  and 
cows stand around a lot more  just eating or lying down snoozing, they seem 
pretty similar to me, and both  quite different than humans...
 
Peace,
Judy  

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