Dear Nikki and all, I am a hospital-based LC. Last week got a call from a young mother saying she will be giving formula and asking when she should introduce formula. I forget how old baby is, maybe 1 month. I told her that exclusive breastmilk/breastfeeding has health benefits and I recommend using all the breast milk she has, then when baby is a little older, baby's system will be a little more mature and possibly handle the formula better. She did not like that answer. She wanted to introduce the formula right away. I told her she could handle it the way she wanted to. Later I kind of wondered why she had called our office if she had already made a decision about the formula. Her baby, her family, her choice. Susan in MN rn ibclc *********************************************** 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