I have been a LC for 15 years. Last 6 years working with a inner city/minority population and have seen several cases of rickets in exclusively breastfed African American babies. One came to light when the family was in a car accident and baby was injured. Not in a car seat, hmmm. Think she would have the day to day attention to give vitamins? Unfortunately, the ones who need it are the ones who can't or won't give them. Maybe they will breastfeed anyway and maybe not. Our nice suburban mom's will have anxiety about the "incompleteness" of their milk and obssess over it. Baby will get the vitamins and what ever else they need. I'm trying not to be flippant about this but let's try to put a positive spin on it. Explain why babies need Vit D, tell mom's how they can get it and don't apologize for breastmilk. Off my soapbox to pack lunches Mary Kay Smith, RN IBCLC Romeoville IL *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html