My daughter is in the HANDS Program in Anderson County, Kentucky, and this week a flyer from them arrived in the mail. There was an article on Early Childhood Caries that stated "If your water does not contain fluoride or you are beastfeeding only, your child is a high risk for caries." It also stated "sources of fluoride include drinking water, foods and formula prepared with water." It pretty much said that formula feeding is better for your child's teeth than breastfeeding! I was outraged! My granddaughter is exclusively breastfed and at eight months of age would not know what to do with a bottle if you gave her one. She also has had only one "sick visit" at the pediatrician that turned out to be a viral illness that required no treatment. My daughter has been told she is the only breastfeeding mother in the HANDS program in our county. I am an RNC and CLC at Frankfort Regional Medical Center, and will be receiving results from IBCLE next week, so I feel compelled to address this comment that I suspect has been distributed to HANDS participants all over the state. The research I've found has been contradictory to this article. I printed some information I was able to find online and plan to give it to the HANDS Program Coordinator. Any other suggestions? *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html