Having a lot of trouble posting so I'm trying again, this time from the web base.. A question has come up on another list I moderate and we were hoping someone here might have some additional comments. The question is simply: Can you overfeed a breastfed baby? At first, this seems like a simple question but there are many variables that can enter into play. Here is one comment we've received so far: >>you can't MAKE a baby drink at the breast if they don't want to since it >>is such an active vs passive (bottlefeeding) process. However is a mom >>is pumping milk and then feeding via bottle I believe it would be >>different. Also it is not too say that some mom's may just have >>"fattier" milk. I have seen some very large breastfed babies but they >>ALL have slimmed down in there second year. *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html