Response to query today. I heard at a conference this wkd that the AAP is going to issue a revised policy statement on the issue soon. I also saw a presentation arguing that routine supplementation is needed for BF babies, but it had a serious flaw in that they assumed that because some rickets cases were in S Carolina that sun exposure was NOT protective, without actually ascertaining how much sun exposure the children got(Vit D is converted to the more active form in the skin). I talked to clinicians from the same area of S Carolina as the researchers who said that LACK of sun exposure DOES seem to be the problem, rather than BF per se, as cases were only in muslims who stayed shrouded. Also, children should have adequate stores from their mothers until about 4 months, unless the mom in nutritionally deficient, which would not be the case if she took prenatal (or any multiple vitamin) during birth, and wouldn't be the case for most women regardless of vitamin supplements. Again, it's in the best interest of moms and babies to focus supplements on the MOM, if they are needed, not to problematize the milk. ********************************************************************* MaryAnn O'Hara, MD, MSt Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program University of Washington 1959 NE Pacific, Rm H-220 Health Sciences Center, Box 357183 Seattle, WA 98195-7183 (office) # 206-616-8724 (home office) 206-329-6870 (fax) 206-685-2473 e-mail: [log in to unmask] ********************************************************************* On Wed, 5 May 1999, Automatic digest processor wrote: [NON-Text Body part not included] *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html