PEDIATRICS Vol. 57 No. 2 February 1976, pp. 294-295
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Hospital Maternal Care Is Disruptive

Justin D. Call M.D.1

1 Professor and Chief, Child Psychiatry Division, University of California, Irvine, Orange County Medical Center, 101 City Drive South, Orange, California 92668

"Breast-Feeding: Second Thoughts" by Gerrard,1 sets forth epidemiologic and immunological data on human and other mammalian species showing that colostrum and breast milk actively protect the infant from enterocolitis and respiratory infections when breast-feeding is begun immediately after birth and continued through at least most of the first year of life. Gerrard hypothesizes that breast-feeding provides a smooth transition for the baby from being entirely dependent on the mother for nutritional and immunological requirements to being completely independent from her.