We had a local, well respected paediatrician who regularly had mothers wean 
their babies to formula for "lactose intolerance" when he saw their normal 
breastfed stools, which tested positive with a dipstix for reducing 
substances.  He's retired now.

And when I breastfed my baby, I was worried by her stool, reassured only 
because I had a copy of "The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding" which described 
them as even looking like pea soup!

It's lack of training and experience.
Nan Jolly MB BCh. IBCLC  LLLL
Port Elizabeth, South Africa




>> This doctor, who was very knowedgeable about breastfeeding, told me that 
>> he
> knew of paediatricians in India who did not know what normal breastfed 
> baby> poos looked like which would result in the following 
> scenario....healthy> baby diagnosed with diarrhea, mother told to use 
> infant formula, baby> becomes ill, baby fails to thrive, baby develops 
> kwashiorkor....all because> of lack of knowledge of normal stooling. 

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