The most recent issue of Pediatrics (April 1996) is chock full of good
articles about or relating to breastfeeding.  Margot Hamosh et al,
Breastfeeding and the Working Mother,  looks at milk storage under less than
optimal conditions (room temperatures going up to the kind of 'room temp' we
have here in Texas.)  There is an article by G. Graham et al, Protein
Requirements of Infants and Children: Growth During Recovery from
Malnutrition which confirms info from the DARLING study while expanding the
issue of normal growth to kids recovering from less than optimal growth.  The
article makes the following statement: "This [data] would confirm the lack of
any advantage to protein intakes higher than those of breast milk...as
concern for the consequences of diets too rich in nutrients increases..." A
lot of the  information in this article ads to the on-going discussion we
have been having on Lactnet re:  what are  the energy needs of infants in
early and late lactation?

Barbara Wilson-Clay, BSE, IBCLC
priv. pract. Austin, Tx