Valerie,
You may be right about the testimonial for water, but I did not read
the brain damage statement the way you did.
I assumed that it meant her child was born brain damaged and she nursed
him for a long time because of it, to give him as many benefits of
mother's milk as she could.
There's another possibility. BF exclusively for 3 years is an awfully
long time to go without other foods. I wonder if she meant three
months.

Just my .02 on this one.

Naomi Bar-Yam

On Jun 10, 2004, at 9:13 AM, Automatic digest processor wrote:

> This is a quote from the website that Jennifer provided for us:
>
> "So, I exclusively breadfed my son for 3 years (he is brain-injured)
> and I
> never gave him a drop of water. I'm from Belgium, I was bottle-fed and
> never got
> a drop of water while on fomulas. My husband on the other hand, born to
> African-American/Native American parents in Arkansas (homebirth) was
> breastfed and
> he remembers that it was common practice to give water with a spoon or
> a cup
> to breastfed infants.."
>
> I am fascinated by how this is written--so she exclusively breastfed
> for 3
> years and has a brain damaged child (implication--exclusive
> breastfeeding causes
> brain damage)
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