I forgot to mention in my last post this anecdote -- One of my very best friends is now a family physician in a clinic for the underserved. She had a baby of her own in April of last year and called me a lot to discuss her various breastfeeding issues. She always mentioned how little she learned in medical school (she is not even 5 years out) about breastfeeding. A few months ago, she called me to ask about a patient she had seen. Baby nearly tripled his birthweight at two months on demand-fed breastmilk alone. No problems, no complaints. My friend called to ask me whether I thought she should recommend to this mother that she put her baby on a schedule, to spread out the feedings a bit more and maybe cut down on his calories. I of course urged her to look at appropriate WHO growth charts and consider the rate of growth for a breastfed baby in those early months vs. the more steady growth rate for a ABM fed baby. I also reminded her of all she has learned about breastfeeding and breastmilk through her own mothering. It's very sad when doctors are just not informed. I think many are well-intentioned (my friend certainly is!) but the information is just not out there. And, as long as Big Pharma keeps funding wings of teaching hospitals and university medical school programs, I think the odds are against this information getting where it needs to be when those doctors are being trained. --Diana in NY *********************************************** 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 email list is powered by LISTSERV (R). There is only one LISTSERV. To learn more, visit: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html