"A mother told me not so long ago that her health visitor told her breastmilk 'turns to water' after 6 months" Since when is water white? (except when it runs rapidly down a steep incline) With all these ideas about big changes at a certain age, "no nutrition past a year" "turns to water at..." etc. I can't help but wonder what is the marvalous mechanism of an internal clock that knows these times so exactly! And does this magical clock that causes abrupt changes in milk content based on actual birth date or conceptual birth date? What happens during a leap year, does it change a day earlier? If a baby is born at 7 AM, does the milk change at 7 AM on the appropriate date or is it OK until midnight that day? What about cultures in which the day changes at sunset rather than midnight? Oh the questions this idea raises. So much easier when you watch the baby rather than the clock or the calander! Winnie *********************************************** 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(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html