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It has now been a few days since the initial posting about the John
Radcliffe statistics. I may be wrong, but I remember the story being:
of 600 babies who did not take the breast, only one did not eventually
latch on and that was in spite of these babies being fed in the meantime
by bottle. I would not be surprised if only 1 in 600 babies did not
latch on. But of 600 babies who did not latch on all but 1 finally did?
I am skeptical, but can be convinced. I do alright with babies who
refuse to latch on, but not that well by a long shot. It is true that I
frequently do not see them for weeks after they were born. If I took
only those I see who are two or three days old, I would say that the
vast majority latch on after a few visits, but 599 out of 600? No way.
Jack Newman, MD, FRCPC
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