[Dysphagia] thickening breast milk

[mbuckie at dmc.org (Buckie,Marcia)]

I am interested, as a new mom, and as a clinician, what problems you think develop later in life because of starting food at the age we do in the U.S. (Dental, encdocrine, psychological??) What cultures are you comparing to..British/European or third world countries? 
 
MBuckie
 

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	From: dysphagia-bounces@b9.com on behalf of Irene Campbell-Taylor 
	Sent: Fri 7/9/2004 8:13 AM 
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	Subject: Re: [Dysphagia] thickening breast milk
	
	



	SuzMorris@aol.com wrote:
	Probably the majority of
	people on this listserv were given cereals and pureed foods during their first 2
	months.
	
	** I find this a very interesting issue. Coming as I do from a very different culture, in which, until relatively recently, babies were breast fed until ready to finger feed, I wonder at the conviction that babies must be given pureed foods at an age when they may not be able to accept them and they don't have the muscle skills needed to feed from a spoon. By far the majority of people in the world do not give babies prepared foods until the teeth erupt - usually when the molars erupt - and nature determines that they are ready to take finger foods. What have we been doing to entire generations of infants with this inexplicable practice? Actually, like many things, it's inexplicable until one applies the universal rule to an issue for which there doesn't seem to be an obvious answer - Who benefits? or, Follow the money.I know all about the added vitamin D etc. etc. but no-one has an answer to the questions a) are they needed and b) could they be causing problems later in lif!
	 e? I
	 suspect they are.
	
	Irene
	
	
	
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