Joedi: what is the reference for this? thank you, Patricia It has been fairly widely thought that the foremilk has more protein and carbohydrate and the hindmilk more fat, however (someone)recently completed her Lactation Counselor Certificate through The Center for Breastfeeding. In the handbook she brought back from her course it discussed that this is no longer the thought and that even babies who have very short nursing sessions will get a balance of prot/CHO/fat. *********************************************** 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