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Originally Posted by Circe Timtam  Interesting regarding soy milk fed babies having a greyish cast to their skin. |
Eh, maybe it's just my eyes. But I can remember babysitting when I was around 12 or 13, for this one particular neighbor's baby and he was on Isomil. When ever I saw him, he just looked kind of greyish. I certainly never meant to imply that they weren't healthy. And then, in my years of neonatal nursing, it was just something I noticed.
While I am a big proponent of breastfeeding, I always told the mothers I was teaching that the most important thing about feeding was being comfortable with the method you choose.
I would like to see a trend away from soy formula and toward using formulas like Nutramigen and Pregestimil instead when infants have trouble digesting cow milk protein. I even wish formula companies would look at using goats milk as a base in infant formula. I have a friend who's son ended up on canned evaporated goats milk mixed with corn syrup and water because he couldn't tolerate any available formula on the market.