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Dear Lactnetters,
Since I am an AOL user (sounds like a bad drug when it is put that way?) I
was able to read the article. I cut and paste the letter to the Editor I sent.
The "article" was only two paragraphs with a picture of a baby, bottle
feeding OF COURSE!
Reading this article and writing the letter were NOT compatible with the
relaxing music I have on!
Christie Pillado
El Paso, Texas
From: Jenn Mowatt <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Real Simple
This is only availabe to subscribers and AOL users. :(
Jenn
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Kathleen Fallon Pasakarnis" <[log in to unmask]>
> You can also read the article in Real Simple online. The section on
breastfeeding can be found at:
<A HREF="http://www.realsimple.com/realsimple/features/article/0,16466,461161-462330,00.html">
http://www.realsimple.com/realsimple/features/article/0,16466,461161-462330,00.html</A>
To the Editor;
I am sure that mine is not the first letter you have received to date on your
horrendeously mis-informative article on breastfeeding. I have over 29
months under my belt of nursing two children and I have to say that there is
nothing more efficient or time saving than milk that is always ready and always
available to a child and a mother.
Boris Petrikovsky, chairman of the department of obstetrics-gynecology at
Nassau University Medical Center, in East Meadow, New York may be concerned about
how much a baby takes in but he is obviously not concerned about WHAT a baby
takes in.
I was glad to see that the article did correctly state that breastfed babies
have a stronger immune system. How can a baby with a weakened immune system
who is more sickly (and thus requires more time in the doctor's office and more
worry on the part of Mom and Dad) be such a time saver? Several studies show
that babies who are breastfed cry less and their mothers get more rest than
mothers feeding formula (artifical breastmilk).
I would be glad to supply your writers with well researched, evidenced based
studies that definatively state that feeding a baby formula (artifical
breastmilk) is not only a time WASTER but dangerous to the health of that child for
the rest of his or her life.
I sincerely hope that a retraction of this gross error in reporting is
retracted in your next issue and more accurate and well researched information is
printed. This is a timely and important issue. Many women would be grateful to
have accurate information to support them and their babies.
Sincerely,
Christine Pillado
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