In all the stories about Karo I never saw what I have come to understand  the 
principle reason why babies were recommended to have Karo....
We all know that breastfed babies are seldom if ever constipated.....and  
often formula fed babies are....Karo syrup was used to minimize constipation.  
When I breastfed my first daughter 35 years ago and we hit the infamous no poops 
 for a few days...my mother and aunt were all into give some dark Karo syrup 
in  warm water in a bottle...Even though I was breastfeeding and had no 
support  other than my aunt...I tried it. I know the kid was not fond of it...and  
eventually she pooped in spite of the Karo. As I got more experience and more  
children and found LLL I discovered normal breastfeeding behavior and all the  
others had those oozing breastfeeding stools which my one daughter now refers 
to  as "drooling stools" from Dr. Sears' book I believe she says they are 
associated  with drooling and teething. Now we just experiment with which diapers 
absorb the  best.
And the baby book story from me is my husband's...He is youngest.  His  
sister is now 66 and her baby book was nicely filled out...when sister no. 2  
showed up in middle of war my MIL filled in neatly just below the other entries,  
since paper was scarce.  My husband born after the war in 1946 was  
entered...name, date, time and weight...that was it. As each one of my children  has had 
a child I give them their baby books with some photos.  The girls  are doing 
pretty good at keeping up. We will see as time and other things come  along.
Glad to be home in Miami.
Miss the cool air of California but not those BIG hills.
Leanne Jewell RNC, IBCLC, LCCE, FACCE

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