"H20 Hazardous to Infants [Lifeline]."  USA Today, 18 August 97, 1D.

"Federal researchers report in the August [1997] issue of the 'Archives
of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine' that it is unnecessary and
potentially dangerous to give water to infants.  Babies less than one
month old cannot quickly filter water out of their systems, and too much
water can dilute the sodium in the blood, causing altered mental states,
low body temperature,
bloating, and seizures. "

Hmmm....  What does this say about the practice of giving water in
hospitals to infants?  I wonder if the same comments would apply to
sweetened water, to overdiluted AMB, and even to properly reconstituted
ABM?

~~ Nancy Penney
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