On 3/5/2014 11:24 AM, Pat Young wrote:
> Further more, I think test weights in first 2-3 days are a really poor idea.  In US, nurses' brains are looking at ounces, when we know colostrum doesn't usually come in a large volume.  So if no ounces, oh my goodness, we had better supplement!  Colostrum has a different composition  and doesn't need to come in large volumes.

Oh, Pat...

And what about physicians who are having temper tantrums (LITERALLY, 
with almost crying in public!) when they are told that - Oh, my G-d! - 
kids don't have to be supplemented and THE article in Pediatrics was 
flawed...

Alla (off my soap box)

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Alla Gordina, MD, IBCLC, FAAP
General Pediatrics
Breastfeeding Medicine
Adoption and Foster Care Medicine

Global Pediatrics and Family Medicine
NJ Breastfeeding Medicine Educational Initiative

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