This could be an illustration of the "Hammer Principle" ( when your only tool is a hammer everything looks like a nail). I'm not going to second guess the doctor, at least without more information. Doctors only know what they have been taught, either in medical school, from the formula companies or from their own Breastfeeding experience. Every time I think that this will be the last edition of the Little Green Book of Breastfeeding Management, this kind of example comes up and I think I've got to keep it going. Sigh.

Gail Hertz
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On Mar 21, 2013, at 5:40 PM, Pat Young <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> That is ridiculous for a 4 day old infant!
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> I just heard today about a 4 day old who was taken off the breast for reflux.  Mom was told to put milk in a bottle with 1.5 tsp for every 60 mL of breastmilk.  It seems like this is turning into a first line of "treatment" and I am wondering if I have missed something.
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> And no you haven't missed anything, but I think some others have!  Pat in SNJ 
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