I'm finally getting around to this update. The PBS show I was on went well. Would you believe the first caller asked how breastfeeding effects her baby's immunizations? The very first caller. No it wasnt my wife. Did I have somethng to do with it? Well my fellow Americans know what is meant by the 5th Ammendment. I of course said breastfed babies have better immune responces. The first questions of the show come from the host and each guest writes their own. Mine was about newer vaccines so I discussed varivax :-) and rota virus vaccine and mentioned the protection of breast milk against gastroenteritis. Im on again this week on influenza. Now there is a virus I hate. (Not really freindly with any of them). My first year in pratice at one point we had 4 babies hospitalized on a weekend. Three were R/O sepsis at less than 3 months old, all ended up having influenza and one was a 3 week old with a UTI. I got her out as fast as possible fearing nosocomial flu. Would you believe 2 of the babies with flu and the baby with UTI were breastfed! Nightmare weekend. At least I could tell the moms of the babies with flu they were doing more for the babies than I could. -Rob Rob Cordes, DO, FAAP, FACOP Wilkes Barre PA [log in to unmask]