Hi! A close friend of mine with no BF support except me (1000 miles away) recently quit nursing her 4 month old. I heard only second hand that the baby went on a nursing strike (???) and that most relatives were promoting the bottle. Now the problems have occurred. Her first son has a rare immunological disorder (BF for 6 months, then bottle), a complement 2 deficiency; in and out of hospital for first several years of life. Middle child seems fine. The 4 month old is having lots of problems. Milk, soy and wheat allergies thus far. On some kind of strange, expensive formula. Went in for DPT last week and an hour later stopped breathing, had to be revived. He was hospitalized for several days and is still having apnea spells. How difficult is relactation? Does anyone know of any studies relating immunological problems with vaccinations? It was not a problem with the batch of vaccination as he was the only infant presenting with such a problem>>>> I'm so sad..... Wish she had talked to me about the problems she was having nusring to begin with...... Wendy, Washington DC