Dear friends, I am sending this note even though I am NO MAIL, because I'm going away for a few days. It is from a dear colleague who works in a clinic in Minneapolis. It seems that a friend of hers called about an Exclusively breastfed 4 month old baby who has croup, whose Dr. has said that the mother should stop breastfeeding because the "milk will increase the mucus and cause more complications". Rosy, my old friend, said that as far as she knew this wasn't true, but she doesn't have any "references"...that indicate otherwise. The whole thing sounds like this Dr. doesn't know the difference between cow's milk and human milk. But I am still ordering my papers after my 5 years away -- and I can't put my hands on any references for her either... Does someone have any references at fingertips or some kind of devastating comeback that the mother could give to the Dr. Of course, seeing one's child with croup is enough to reduce even the bravest mother to following a Drs. every order. Please answer her directly at <[log in to unmask]> because I'm not sure that she is receiving Lactnet currently. Date: Sun, 30 Mar 1997 23:39:00 -0600 >To: [log in to unmask] >From: Judy Canahuati <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Re: Croup/Brf > > World Breastfeeding Week August 1-8, 1997 - "Nature's Way" Judy Canahuati PO Box #512 San Pedro Sula, Honduras Telephone: +504-50-9737 Fax: +504-50-7482 E-mail: [log in to unmask] "The future is not some place we are going to, but one we are creating. The paths are not to be found, but made, and the activity of making them changes both the maker and the destination." Attributed to John Schaar