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Hello, Janette.
You ask for research about alternating sides. I don't have references,
but you should be able to find them under amblyopia ("lazy eye"). Years ago,
there was research that showed that lazy eye occurred primarily in bottle-fed
babies. The thinking was that only the baby's eye that is farthest from the
mom's/caregiver's body had the chance to practice focusing well because the
eye that was next to the adult's body was too close to allow focusing. Lazy
eye very rarely occurs in breastfed babies, most likely because they usually
feed from both breasts (whether at the same feeding or at alternating
feedings throughout the day) so both eyes get equal opportunity to be the "outside"
eye which can focus.
I always wondered if the few breastfed babies who did develop this
condition were: a twin who always nursed from his "assigned" breast; a baby who
preferred one breast to the point where mom gave up trying to get him to take
the other one; a mother who had only one breast that worked well (cancer, lack
of ductal development, etc.).
Dee
Dee Kassing, BS, MLS, IBCLC, RLC
Collinsville IL, in central USA
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