Guest guest Posted December 30, 2004 Report Share Posted December 30, 2004 My son is 4 1/2 and goes to an in home daycare/preschool with 4 other children (so he's around sick kids all the time) since he was 4 months old. He was NOT breastfed and has only had one ear infection and that was when he was 7 months old. That was directly related to back to back colds he had had for 3 weeks or so and the sinus drainage caused it. He's had MANY other colds, but no ear infections. I had one of those ear scopes and I checked all the time before he could talk. So you can't blame everything on bottle feeding. BTW, he's also not fat. Lori Message: 5 Mon, 27 Dec 2004 17:35:33 -0000 " smartgirl27us " <thesmartfamily3 Re: new to the group with a 2 & 4 yr old veggie kids Actually, ear infections are more closely linked to if the child is breastfed or not rather than being vegetarian. Studies have proven that breastfed children have much less ear infections. Although even that is not fool proof. My sister was plagued with them whereas I never had one. So far, neither of my children have had one either (knock on wood!). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 1, 2005 Report Share Posted January 1, 2005 I'm sorry you were unable to breastfeed your child for whatever reason...you are obviously a great mom feeding your child well to keep his immune system strong! Your child may not have had chronic ear infections or be obese, but the research shows that formula feed babies have a significant increase in ear infections...and obesity--- .. Much of this research is documented at the LLL website as well as Dr. Sears and the AAP. My children have each had 1 ear infection and I have been nursing for YEARS ...the got them for the same reason your child did...back to back colds. BF'ing doesn't meann no infections...just a reducion in the number when you look at the whole picture . My sister nursed her daughter for 2 years and she has had chrnoic ear infections...sometimes these things are unexplained. In , Lori Lugar <llugar@n...> wrote: > > My son is 4 1/2 and goes to an in home daycare/preschool with 4 other > children (so he's around sick kids all the time) since he was 4 months old. > He was NOT breastfed and has only had one ear infection and that was when he > was 7 months old. That was directly related to back to back colds he had > had for 3 weeks or so and the sinus drainage caused it. He's had MANY other > colds, but no ear infections. I had one of those ear scopes and I checked > all the time before he could talk. So you can't blame everything on bottle > feeding. BTW, he's also not fat. > > Lori > > Message: 5 > Mon, 27 Dec 2004 17:35:33 -0000 > " smartgirl27us " <thesmartfamily3> > Re: new to the group with a 2 & 4 yr old veggie kids > > > > Actually, ear infections are more closely linked to if the child is > breastfed or not rather than being vegetarian. Studies have proven > that breastfed children have much less ear infections. Although > even that is not fool proof. My sister was plagued with them > whereas I never had one. So far, neither of my children have had > one either (knock on wood!). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 1, 2005 Report Share Posted January 1, 2005 No one is blaming everything on bottle feeding. Statistics show that breastfed kids get fewer ear infections. They also show that kids in daycare get more ear infections (and that can be due to exposure to colds, etc.). Stats also show that dairy products contribute to ear infections (although this can be connected to the breastfeeding issue). That doesn't mean that your child fits this mold entirely. We are talking in general statistics. Not all of my children fit that either (they were breastfed but one of my children had early, recurrent ear infections). I'm very glad that your child has only had one ear infection and I wouldn't have assumed he was fat. Jacqueline - " Lori Lugar " <llugar Thursday, December 30, 2004 12:09 AM ear infections > > > My son is 4 1/2 and goes to an in home daycare/preschool with 4 other > children (so he's around sick kids all the time) since he was 4 months old. > He was NOT breastfed and has only had one ear infection and that was when he > was 7 months old. That was directly related to back to back colds he had > had for 3 weeks or so and the sinus drainage caused it. He's had MANY other > colds, but no ear infections. I had one of those ear scopes and I checked > all the time before he could talk. So you can't blame everything on bottle > feeding. BTW, he's also not fat. > > Lori > > Message: 5 > Mon, 27 Dec 2004 17:35:33 -0000 > " smartgirl27us " <thesmartfamily3 > Re: new to the group with a 2 & 4 yr old veggie kids > > > > Actually, ear infections are more closely linked to if the child is > breastfed or not rather than being vegetarian. Studies have proven > that breastfed children have much less ear infections. Although > even that is not fool proof. My sister was plagued with them > whereas I never had one. So far, neither of my children have had > one either (knock on wood!). > For more information about vegetarianism, please visit the VRG website at http://www.vrg.org and for materials especially useful for families go to http://www.vrg.org/family.This is a discussion list and is not intended to provide personal medical advice. Medical advice should be obtained from a qualified health professional. > > edical advice. Medical advice should be obtained from a qualified health professional. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 3, 2005 Report Share Posted January 3, 2005 FWIW, My daughter was not BF but did not have any ear infections til age 3 when we started preschool. Incidentally, they had stopped by age 4.5 when we stopped eating dairy and she has not had one since. She's 6 now. Bonnie - Jacq Sunday, January 02, 2005 11:22 AM Re: ear infections No one is blaming everything on bottle feeding. Statistics show that breastfed kids get fewer ear infections. They also show that kids in daycare get more ear infections (and that can be due to exposure to colds, etc.). Stats also show that dairy products contribute to ear infections (although this can be connected to the breastfeeding issue). That doesn't mean that your child fits this mold entirely. We are talking in general statistics. Not all of my children fit that either (they were breastfed but one of my children had early, recurrent ear infections). I'm very glad that your child has only had one ear infection and I wouldn't have assumed he was fat. Jacqueline Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 4, 2005 Report Share Posted January 4, 2005 , Lori Lugar <llugar@n...> wrote: > > My son is 4 1/2 and goes to an in home daycare/preschool with 4 other > children (so he's around sick kids all the time) since he was 4 months old. > He was NOT breastfed and has only had one ear infection and that was when he > was 7 months old. That was directly related to back to back colds he had > had for 3 weeks or so and the sinus drainage caused it. He's had MANY other > colds, but no ear infections. I had one of those ear scopes and I checked > all the time before he could talk. So you can't blame everything on bottle > feeding. BTW, he's also not fat. > > Lori > lol... Lori... My babies were all exclusively breastfed and they were some of the fattest babies I've ever seen! People used to ask me all the time what I was feeding them - and were always surprised that it was nothing more than mama milk. My kids are all slender now at 4 & 6 yrs. My husband was bottle-fed and he was a very chubby baby, too. So I guess this is something that probably has more to do with genetics, as well. xoxo, Angela Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 4, 2005 Report Share Posted January 4, 2005 Hmmm, although we aren't vegan, my son was on soy formula and will only drink soy milk (he's 4.5). I posted the message that " Jacq " is replying to below. Message: 1 Sun, 2 Jan 2005 20:38:43 -0500 " Bonnie Barker " <bebarker96 Re: ear infections FWIW, My daughter was not BF but did not have any ear infections til age 3 when we started preschool. Incidentally, they had stopped by age 4.5 when we stopped eating dairy and she has not had one since. She's 6 now. Bonnie - Jacq Sunday, January 02, 2005 11:22 AM Re: ear infections No one is blaming everything on bottle feeding. Statistics show that breastfed kids get fewer ear infections. They also show that kids in daycare get more ear infections (and that can be due to exposure to colds, etc.). Stats also show that dairy products contribute to ear infections (although this can be connected to the breastfeeding issue). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 6, 2005 Report Share Posted January 6, 2005 Hi Lori, I also stopped having horrendous sinus headaches and frequent sinus and lung infections when I cut out dairy. Jacqueline - " Lori Lugar " <llugar Tuesday, January 04, 2005 12:07 PM Re: ear infections > > > Hmmm, although we aren't vegan, my son was on soy formula and will only > drink soy milk (he's 4.5). I posted the message that " Jacq " is replying to > below. > > Message: 1 > Sun, 2 Jan 2005 20:38:43 -0500 > " Bonnie Barker " <bebarker96 > Re: ear infections > > > FWIW, My daughter was not BF but did not have any ear infections til age 3 > when we started preschool. Incidentally, they had stopped by age 4.5 when we > stopped eating dairy and she has not had one since. She's 6 now. > Bonnie > - > Jacq > Sunday, January 02, 2005 11:22 AM > > Re: ear infections > > No one is blaming everything on bottle feeding. Statistics show that > breastfed kids get fewer ear infections. They also show that kids in > daycare get more ear infections (and that can be due to exposure to colds, > etc.). Stats also show that dairy products contribute to ear infections > (although this can be connected to the breastfeeding issue). > For more information about vegetarianism, please visit the VRG website at http://www.vrg.org and for materials especially useful for families go to http://www.vrg.org/family.This is a discussion list and is not intended to provide personal medical advice. Medical advice should be obtained from a qualified health professional. > > edical advice. Medical advice should be obtained from a qualified health professional. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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