>> Has anyone heard of treating mastitis on a 2-week old baby girl with
>> antibiotics?
>No, but I suppose if it really looked like a problem, this might be a
>solution, but it is sort of extreme.
>> painful
>How did they decide this?
>
>A lot of babies, male and female, have enlarged breasts at birth.

Yep. Treating with antibiotics seems heavy-handed to me, unless there is
something 'wrong'.  Seems a shame this mother's doctor was unaware that
this is  within the range of *normal* and the reaction was to medicate...

Heather Welford Neil
NCT bfc Newcastle upon Tyne UK

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