Monday, August 07, 2006

Breastfeeding: The 'gold standard' of infant nutrition (Chico Enterprise Record)

"I don't have enough milk."
Mothers who are starting to breastfeed their infants say this all the time.

It's one of many worries lactation specialist Lorna Humphreys is able to put to rest whenever she counsels women at the Breastfeeding Support Center.

Often, all she has to do is take out her string of "belly beads," which show the actual size of infant's stomach when they are one, three and 10 days old.

The stomach grows a lot in that short time, but even after 10 days it's still tiny.



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