Jack, on 18th August you wrote, " I agree that formula at 10 months is
completely unnecessary, even if the baby is not breastfeeding....  a baby of
10 months can drink plain cow's milk, goat's milk, camel milk, mare's milk,
and maybe even platypus milk, as long as he gets a variety of other foods in
adequate amounts and gets a decent amount of iron (which is pretty easy if
he eats meat).... It was only about 15 years ago, that the Canadian
Paediatric Society was saying cow's milk at 4 months.  Then until about 8
years ago, cow's milk at 6 months.  Now it's 9-12 months.  Based on what,
all this?  Formula company support for the Society.  Sure, the *excuse* is
iron, but really, unlike in the US, there was no *big* issue of iron
deficiency in Canada in 6-12 months
old.  You don't need formula to get iron."

Quite so.  But I was wondering at what age non-breastfed babies can receive
straight animal milk without harm?  I understood that there were concerns
about renal solute load and other excesses or deficiencies as well as iron
deficiency anaemia if milk is the baby's only source of nutrition.

BTW I think the development of special formulas for older babies was to get
around the Code which prohibits marketing of formula for younger babies.

Pamela Morrison IBCLC, Zimbabwe
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