Hello Sue and Lactnetters,
       You are certainly in a tough situation with these parents. I thought 
the information from this webpage from Birth and Breastfeeding.com might be 
useful to you. I think that approaching them from their frame of reference, which 
is decision-making based on biblical teaching, may be helpful. The title of 
the page is Mamma’s Manna: A Celebration of Motherhood & Breastfeeding for 
Spiritual Leaders.  Here is the link and the Internet address in case the link 
doesn't work.
 <A HREF="http://www.birthandbreastfeeding.com/mamma's_manna.htm">Mamma's Manna</A> 
http://www.birthandbreastfeeding.com/mamma's_manna.htm
       Also, here is the link and Internet address for the Bible Gateway 
where you can look up the bible references online easily that are referred to on 
the webpage.   
 <A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/">Bible Gateway</A> 
http://bible.gospelcom.net/
       I took a look at the Broer's website and it says "Dr. Broer does, 
however, provide fee-based telephone consultations for those people who need it." > 
> (800) 592-HEAL (4325)  (800) 726-1834. I think I would call this guy and 
> tell him the situation and see what response you get. If he sounds reasonable 
> and willing to see the danger of this "formula", I would ask him to speak to 
> the parents. I think I would also ask for research backing up his claims that 
> this concoction should be fed to infants. You are in a position to do 
> something about this, albeit uncomfortable.
>        I consider myself a Christian fundamentalist and I probably have a 
> slightly better than average biblical knowledge so if you want to talk about 
> this give me a call. The thing is there are a lot of "cults" out there 
> masquerading as religion, in particular Christian religion, and you have to know how 
> to decipher their teachings to separate Biblical truth from myth and man-made 
> rules. Plenty of folks blindly follow these religions, just like folks 
> blindly follow medical doctors. No questions asked. Folks also misinterpret the 
> books sometimes too. It's a complicated situation.
>     Hope this helps some.
> Judy Gutowski, BA, IBCLC
> Western PA
        

    
    

    
    
    



    






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