You all better thank the folks that scheduled ILCA for two weeks ago, A couple of days ago it was 121F (50 Celcius) in Phoenix. Aren't you all glad you came for the cool weather??? In the BF Answer Book, there is a atudy quoted done by Fomom, et al indicating less than 0.1% of the iron in the iron fortified cereals was bioavailable and they were inadequate for use as an iron supplement. Does someone have contiridictory information? I realize the cereals are heavily marketed for use in babies needing iron supplementation, but if only 0.1% is available, then 99.9% is available to feed gut bacteria and early cereals might actually do more harm than good. All the BEST, Linda Pohl, IBCLC Sunny Phoenix, Arizona, USA