Marsha reports,

> However, if you look at the rates for exclusive breastfeeding
> which is 46.3% you can see the these rates have gone down and drop to 17.2%
> at 6 months. "More mothers than ever before are supplementing." This is a
> direct quote from an article by Ross: Ryan AS, et al. Breastfeeding
> continues to
> increase into the new millennium. Pediatrics 2002; 110:1103-1109. One reason
> exclusive breastfeeding rates continue to drop is the crushing commercial
> pressure for supplementation that formula makers put on mothers and health
> care
> providers.
>

Ah, but what is the definition of supplementing?  In one "study" Ross Labs
did at one time, supplementing was defined as "anything not taken directly from
the breast one time/week or more."  Therefore, a mother who fed her infant EBM
once a week while she was grocery shopping (or whatever) was considered
supplementing.

Was supplementing in this article actually "giving formula one or more times
a week?"

Jan Barger, RN, MA, IBCLC, RLC
Lactation Education Consultants
www.lactationeducationconsultants.com

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