From Deseret News archives:
Breast-feeding helps to fight allergies, infections
Short-term means at least the first three months of a baby's life, according to Dr. Peter Lindgren, a pediatrician in Intermountain's Memorial Clinic in Salt Lake City.
Tracy Karp, neonatal nurse practitioner at Intermountain Medical Center, LDS Hospital and Primary Children's Medical Center, said that even that short duration of breast feeding means baby will have fewer allergies and infections and provides other benefits, as well.
Not all women, however, can breast feed. "Health care providers need to do all they can to support breast-feeding while balancing that to support those who can't breast feed," Karp said.
Formula manufacturers have worked hard to make their offering nutritious so it will meet the needs of infants and they've done a good job of that. But it's not the same as breast milk in the benefits it offers babies.
Ideally an infant should be breast-fed for a year, Lindgren said.
As for the toys, Lindgren said that in his household, they take toys out of circulation periodically to let them self-clean. There are times, though, when soap and water are a decidedly good idea.
They also discussed a new special-care nursery that will formally open July 16 at LDS Hospital. It's a "tweener" unit, designed to provide special care to babies who don't need the high-intensity services of the newborn intensive care, but who do need some extra care.
The newspaper and Intermountain Healthcare tackle a different health topic the second Saturday of each month.
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