On 18 Sep 2003 at 5:43, Nikki Lee wrote:
> It is my understanding that the baby is given something wine-soaked to
> suck on during the bris. This will still maintain the full breastfeeding
> definition as there is not enough ingested to count for anything. Alcohol is
> absorbed directly from the stomach but I doubt that the baby would get enough to have
> any effect; the comfort comes from the sucking.
> Anybody else have a comment here?
Yes, I have a question: is there any religious reason why this something is not mothers-
milk soaked? I find it a bit weird to give a baby wine at all, even if it is a teeny-tiny
amount.
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Heleen Hayes
http://www.xs4all.nl/~hhayeshttp://www.borstvoedingsagenda.nl
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