Sadly Chris' statement is true, dr may know lots about other things, just 
not BF.  We all have our favorite things to focus on.  On the other hand, 
some of what was said is true, if Dr makes wildly inaccurate statements 
about BF, s/he was probably sleeping during the BF lecture - what else did 
s/he sleep thru? And if a ped who sees a lot of BF babies why isn't s/he 
keeping up with BF info?  Legitimate Q to ask.

If it is easy to change, just tell him/her why you don't trust his/her 
advice and find another dr.  If it's not easy to change (as in Chris' 
country) then her advice to mom's is perfect.
.Pat in SNJ
>
> IMHO and experience, this is what I am telling my moms - doctors do have 
> very varying interests in different areas and can be really good 
> pediatricians and/or GP's without having any particular interest in bf. It 
> is doctor's job to care about sick babies and kids. It is mother's job to 
> make a kid healthy and to care for her healthy child - bf is mother's job 
> and moms have done it from the dawns of time without doctor's directions. 
> Sometimes all a doctor should do is simply not interfere ;-)
>
> Of course, that doesn't mean that doctors can and should remain ignorant 
> about bf - but it is really not helpful to make suggestions that if a doc 
> is not knowledgable about bf, he or she is automatically an uninformed or 
> bad doctor altogether. Most of the time this is simply not true, IMHO.
>
> Christina Yaneva
> BF Peer Councellor
> Bulgaria
>

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