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Subject:
AAP statement
From:
"Katherine A. Dettwyler" <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:
Lactation Information and Discussion <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Wed, 3 Dec 1997 12:08:33 -0600
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The new AAP guidelines specifically say "NEWBORNS should be nursed
approximately 8 to 12 times every 24 hours until satiety, usually 10 to 15
minutes on each breast."

They don't say you need to continue nursing this often/long until the baby
is 12 months old.  Not that that would be a bad idea . . . . but that isn't
what the guidelines say.

I have sent my email to NOW.  Wish there was something more I could do.

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Katherine A. Dettwyler, Ph.D.                         email: [log in to unmask]
Anthropology Department                               phone: (409) 845-5256
Texas A&M University                                    fax: (409) 845-4070
College Station, TX  77843-4352
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