It used to be (1960's in my experience) common advice, including baby books, for
mom to have a beer before nursing the baby. The theory was, as I recall, that it
relaxed the mother, and aided in the 'letdown' of the milk. Of course, the
alcohol does no good to the baby.
don
Donald McBurney
University of Pittsburgh
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> David -
>
> I'd never flame you for this. Even if beer is nutritional in certain ways, I
> am quite sure that the same nutrients could be readily obtained from
> non-alcoholic and therefore safer (to baby) sources. Beer has no "unique"
> qualities in the world of foodstuffs. My gut (so to speak) reaction to this
> is that it is purely someone's rationalization of their desire to include
> ETOH in their diet while breastfeeding.
>
> Happy summer teaching,
>
> Nancy Melucci
> Garden Grove, CA.
>
>
