I am breastfeeding my 8 month old DD, morning and evening. She has one bottle of infasoy (confirmed milk protein allergic) for her afternoon milk feed (so I can leaver her during the day) and is well established on solids. She also has infasoy in her cooking.
Today we saw Dr Lack at St Thomas' about her allergies (milk, egg and cod) and when I asked him whether there would be good reason for me to continue with breastfeeding he was fairly nonchalant about it, and also said the increased immunity offered by BFing pretty much disappears past 6 months.
I have been trying to decide whether to keep BFing or whether to stop. I am familiar with the WHO recommendations on BFing, and have also read the kellymom website from top to toe, but I'm not sure I understand WHY Bfing longer term is a better option than formula? Need some assistance from better educated MNers to help me here.
My DD has been very difficult to BF. While I have enjoyed the experience she has always been very distracted and more interested in the world than BFing, so it's hard work, and with having to exclude all dairy and egg from my diet it's hard going on that front too. But I am prepared to continue if there are good reasons to.
What do you think?
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Crazycatlady · 10/09/2009 19:11
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