I was very surprised a few weeks ago by a conversation I had with an Indian paediatrician about the knowledge of doctors in India about breastfeeding. This doctor, who was very knowedgeable about breastfeeding, told me that he knew of paediatricians in India who did not know what normal breastfed baby poos looked like which would result in the following scenario....healthy baby diagnosed with diarrhea, mother told to use infant formula, baby becomes ill, baby fails to thrive, baby develops kwashiorkor....all because of lack of knowledge of normal stooling. I was interesting that this doctor had thought that one of his lecturers was a bit over the top with the importance that he placed on breastfeeding during his training but that he no longer thinks so. I'm wondering what role the continuing education on infant feeding provided by infant formula manufacturers might have on this ignorance. I must say that it was a delight to talk to this lovely Dr, wish he practiced in Australia but I think he is more needed in India! Karleen Gribble Australia Sorry, but knowing what stools look like does not seem to be the > kind of thing a pediatrician should be unaware of. *********************************************** 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 email list is powered by LISTSERV (R). There is only one LISTSERV. To learn more, visit: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html