On 9/7/2016 3:54 PM, Sheila Waterstrat wrote:

>    I am at work and unable to search for long but an acquaintance just left me a message in tears because her (new) pediatrician just told her at her 6 month checkup that her baby should be sleeping through the night and that over breastfeeding would make him obese. Ugh!  I am trying to find a succinct journal article or AAP recommendation that she can print out to give him. TIA!

Sheila,
All needed materials are at that doctor's fingertips.

1. AAP statement on breastfeeding 
http://www2.aap.org/breastfeeding/files/pdf/Breastfeeding2012ExecSum.pdf
2. Bright Futures pre-visit questionnaire, documentation and handouts 
https://brightfutures.aap.org/Bright%20Futures%20Documents/CoreTools6MonthVisit.pdf
3. AAP sleep recommendations for parents 
https://www.healthychildren.org/English/ages-stages/baby/sleep/Pages/default.aspx 
"What It Really Means to be a Good Sleeper. It’s important for parents, 
caregivers, families, and friends to understand that at this age, a good 
sleeper is a child who wakes up frequently but can get himself back to 
sleep. It is not a child who sleeps without waking for 10 hours at 
night. Frequent waking is developmentally appropriate and allows the 
baby to wake up when he is in a situation in which he is not getting 
enough oxygen or is having problems breathing. Sleeping undisturbed for 
prolonged periods at this age is not healthy."

But the most importnat thing is that your acquantance will have to 
answer a simple question - was a trusting relationship extablished 
during this visit? Or may be the things did not work well and she can 
find someone who will be a little bit more... comfortable to deal with 
(I am trying to be politically correct here).

Alla
Alla Gordina, MD, IBCLC, FAAP

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