The recent question on acidophilus for a 7 week old has me wondering - is there any minimum age for using oral acidophilus in an infant? I doubt there are any studies of this, but does anyone know of an authoritative recommendation? Jack Newman recommends 2 doses a day of powder sucked off a finger for only 2 days, with a preference for Gentian Violet instead - however, there is no mention that I can find of how early such a treatment can be started. We are seeing a mom who is 3 weeks postpartum for thrush in our clinic tomorrow, so I'd love to hear any ideas about whether to recommend acidophilus (we recommend the Jarro brand "Baby Jarrodophilus", which I believe has a blend of probiotics) to a baby this young? Thanks! Kirsten Berggren, PhD, CLC www.workandpump.com *********************************************** 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