Jessica Callahan wrote:

<There is no comment that any of these mothers during the middle of the night (while still in the hospital) trying to soothe their infant with the tips provided didn't get frustrated and request formula. Just because they signed the contract a nurse is not going to deny them the formula if they asked.>

It's possible, though I would have thought it unlikely that they'd still have been left in the study if so - more likely there would have been a note that that mother-baby dyad was eliminated from follow-up for that reason. But, either way, it still leaves us with the question: Why did the mothers in the group with deliberate limited supplementation end up giving so much less formula overall? Or, to put it the other way round, why did the group who were advised by the researchers to avoid supplementation end up giving so much more overall in their first week? It's an interesting challenge to previous dogma on this subject, and definitely something that should be followed up in further and larger studies in case the researchers are indeed onto something here as a way of limiting overall supplementation.


Best wishes,

Sarah Vaughan

             ***********************************************

Archives: http://community.lsoft.com/archives/LACTNET.html
To reach list owners: [log in to unmask]
Mail all list management commands to: [log in to unmask]
COMMANDS:
1. To temporarily stop your subscription write in the body of an email: set lactnet nomail
2. To start it again: set lactnet mail
3. To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet
4. To get a comprehensive list of rules and directions: get lactnet welcome