Content-Transfer-Encoding: |
7bit |
Sender: |
|
Subject: |
|
From: |
|
Date: |
Thu, 15 Sep 2005 07:42:44 EDT |
Content-Type: |
text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" |
MIME-Version: |
1.0 |
Reply-To: |
|
Parts/Attachments: |
|
|
I am a little concerned with the discussion regarding babies who will not
latch or feed in the early days. While it is important and sometimes necessary
to use incentives at the breast or small amounts of formula to feed these
babies if the mother is unable to express colostrum, doing so with a standard
cow's milk based formula can create unwanted outcomes. Babies who have a family
history of allergies should not be given little doses of allergens which are
far more sensitizing than larger prolonged doses. If a baby actually needs to
be supplemented and colostrum is unavailable, then an extensively hydrolyzed
formula should be used. Isolated cow's milk feedings to breastfed newborns
should be avoided so as not to sensitize susceptible babies to allergies.
Nurses and lactation consultants who wish to do this should ascertain the
allergic and diabetic status of both parents and remind them and other clinicians
that they place these babies at risk for both allergies and diabetes when
using standard cow's milk based formulas.
Marsha Walker, RN, IBCLC
Weston, MA
***********************************************
To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail
To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest)
To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet
All commands go to [log in to unmask]
The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned
LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(R)
mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to:
http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html
|
|
|