There's a wonderful poster with glasses of the different milks showing the
different colours, that I've seen, I have a feeling it is from Scotland.
Interesting that Beestings is still used in Finland in cooking, I have a
book which uses it as an ingredient - I think [can't find it at present] it
says you use it instead of eggs
Helen
Rachel O'Leary wrote:
>> I like to call it 'early milk' or 'first milk' to avoid that business
>> where the parents think there is 'no milk until day 3'.
>
> I love the gold and white milk terms and will use them :))
>
> I am also very happy when I call 'foremilk' - 'the juicy part of the
> feed', and 'hindmilk' - 'the creamy part'. I always talk about how
> they mix together when there's a good let-down reflex and encourage
> listening for it. I see so many mothers with babies who are getting
> half the amount they could do because a health professional (who has
> not had the benefit of a recent training or update) is fussing and
> fretting them about hindmilk.
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