On Sunday, November 14, 2004, at 02:49 PM, katherine in atl wrote:

  Vaishali wrote:
<<I maintain my opinion that drinking breastmilk every 1-2 hrs at night
at 2
1/2 yrs of age has very little physiologic benefit.>>

if that's the only time though that the baby is getting breastmilk at
all during the day, then if you believe breastmilk is beneficial for
children, then it's beneficial regardless of the time of day.

If calories need to go, they're probably not the ones from a few
nursings per day.

Jennifer Tow wrote:
<<seeing a cascade of problems with it). I have also repeatedly raised
my concern on Lactnet (with no response) about the risk of
hyperinsulinemia related to oversuipply. I think it is a real concern in
this case>>

I do too Jen.  Agree on all counts.

Then there's also the issue of speech problems down the road.

katherien in atl

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