> Since I read the article I have been asking some of my
> clients (from the
> past year) if they would classify themselves as having exclusively
> breastfed their babies.  Most of them have said "yes."  However, my notes
> indicate that very few--actually only 3--have avoided some artificial baby
> milk

I can honestly say that my own daughter and I avoided any use of
artificial formula AND sugar water.  The only thing she had other than
"me" until she was 6 months was any bathwater she might have swallowed
(?) and her simethicone drops (and that, only for about a 4-6 week
period).  She has only recently started drinking a tiny bit of water
every once in a while ("for practice") with a sippy cup at SOME
mealtimes.  That is all...though she does feed herself solids now (a
whole 1 tbsp or so per meal).

Fio.

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