Thank you Susan! I know it takes you two seconds, that is why I asked:)
Thank you for the clear references and I hope you will have the chance to
relax this weekend.
All the best,
Linda
On 1/22/11 10:51 PM, "Susan Burger" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> It takes about two seconds to look up well referenced documents that refute
> the idea that breastfeeding beyond 3 months confers no benefits and that there
> is no consensus on breastfeeding. One is a national consensus document, the
> other is international.
>
> Lo and behold the American Academy of Pediatrics and the World Health
> Organization did not make up their rules out of thin air. They actually
> referenced LOTS of research studies (far more than Joan Wolf or Hannah Rosin
> would ever think to read).
>
> Going back to basics and rereading these documents gives you a long list of
> health risks of formula feeding.
>
> http://aappolicy.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/pediatrics;115/2/496
>
> http://www.who.int/nutrition/publications/infantfeeding/9241562218/en/index.ht
> ml
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Susan Burger, MHS, PhD, IBCLC
>
> I'm in a bad mood -- makes me want to ask what this mother read -- some sort
> of mothering magazine? Or the school of google? Forgive me, its been a hard
> week with all the unexpected amount of snow all the postpartum moms in NYC
> seem to be going a little stir crazy.
>
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