No mention of BF specifically, but ............... 

>Continuing on the theme of cognitive decline, Minerva has found a study in Brain ( 2003;126: 2273-8)[Abstract/Free Full Text] that suggests that the optimum time for brain development is not in utero, or at birth, but during infancy and early childhood. Epidemiologists found that adults with big heads fare better in their later years than those with smaller heads, in terms of preservation of cognitive abilities. Head circumference at age 6 years is about 93% of its final size. >

 

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Whose guilt? I think that *guilt* should be taken on board by the HP's who are poorly educated about BF & give misinformed advice & opinions, on a subject they have a duty of care to have a good basic knowledge of. 

>The guilt of mothers who find themselves unable to breast feed their babies may be further fuelled by a study in the Journal of Nutrition ( 2003;133: 4243-5)[Abstract/Free Full Text] showing that exclusive breast feeding of healthy term infants for at least six weeks seems to improve their neurological condition. Movement quality is a sensitive marker of neurological condition, and the data show a positive association between duration of breast feeding and movement quality, with a saturation effect at the age of about 6 weeks. >



Sheila Company (UK)
 IBCLC, Health Visitor & NCT breastfeeding counsellor

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