On Sat, 30 Jul 2005, Kathy Eng wrote:

> Baby cereal has such low nutritional value. It is not necessary for a
> baby to eat this stuff. If mom is convinced baby needs it, mix it with
> water if she doesn't want to hand express or pump some of her milk out.
> The idea that you "must" have breast milk or formula to mix cereal with
> seems to be another push by the formula companies to find a use for
> their products with breastfeeding moms.

Good point, Kathy.  Most boxed baby cereal is "iron fortified", too, so it
has the same detrimental effect on breastfed babies that formula w/iron
has.  From what I've read, that added iron interferes with the natural
action of lactoferrin and can contribute to anemia in breastfed babies.

Cee

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