On 11/2/07, [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> Two frustrating scenarios as a matter of fact.  Now -- these both
> are  things
> we all KNOW the answers to, but I was wondering if anyone had any erudite
> and professional literature one could send to the primary health care
> provider....
>
> Case 1:  Baby -- about a year old -- would rather nurse than eat solid
> foods.  Eats some, but not a lot.  PHCP says mom is to stop  breastfeeding
> so child
> will eat solids.  ARGGGHHHHHH.  We all know the  correct responses to
> that,
> why that is a DUMB idea, etc etc.  Anyone have  any literature to back us
> up?


This is one of my favorite references -- I bring it to LLL Meetings
frequently.
http://www.kellymom.com/bf/bfextended/ebf-benefits.html

 It's not uncommon for weaning to be recommended for toddlers who are eating
> few solids. However, this recommendation is *not* supported by research.
> According to Sally Kneidel in "Nursing Beyond One Year" (*New Beginnings*,
> Vol. 6 No. 4, July-August 1990, pp. 99-103.):
>
> *Some doctors may feel that nursing will interfere with a child's appetite
> for other foods. Yet there has been no documentation that nursing children
> are more likely than weaned children to refuse supplementary foods. In fact,
> most researchers in Third World countries, where a malnourished toddler's
> appetite may be of critical importance, recommend continued nursing for even
> the severely malnourished (Briend et al, 1988; Rhode, 1988; Shattock and
> Stephens, 1975; Whitehead, 1985). Most suggest helping the malnourished
> older nursing child not by weaning but by supplementing the mother's diet to
> improve the nutritional quality of her milk (Ahn and MacLean. 1980; Jelliffe
> and Jelliffe, 1978) and by offering the child more varied and more palatable
> foods to improve his or her appetite (Rohde, 1988; Tangermann, 1988;
> Underwood, 1985).*
>

Freyja May, Colorado, USA

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