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http://www.washtimes.com/familytimes/20020815-82845897.htm Books — • Bottlefeeding Without Guilt: A Reassuring Guide for Loving Parents, by Peggy Robin, Prima Publishing, 1996. This book helps mothers decide whether breast-feeding or bottle feeding will work for them. It also gives advice on different types of formulas. • What to Expect the First Year, by Arlene Eisenberg, Heidi E. Murkoff and Sandee E. Hathaway, Workman Publishing Co., 1989. This book, a standard for many new parents, has a large section on formula feeding. • Your Baby and Child: From Birth to Age Five, by Penelope Leach, Alfred E. Knopf, 1995. This is another classic child-rearing book that features information on different types of feeding. • Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care, by Dr. Benjamin Spock and Dr. Steven J. Parker, Pocket Books, 1998. The revised version of this book has practical information about formula. Associations — •The American Academy of Pediatrics, 141 Northwest Point Blvd., Elk Grove Village, IL 60007. Phone: 847/434-4000. Web site:
www.aap.org. This professional association for pediatricians has resources, information, statistics, research and advice on formula feeding and breast-feeding. Online — •The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has a paper detailing the required elements of baby formula on its Web site (www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/fdacinf.html). •Mead Johnson Nutritionals, the company that makes Enfamil formula, has ingredient information and research about its products on its Web site (www.enfamil.com). Mead Johnson Nutritionals is a division of Bristol-Myers Squibb. •Ross Products, the makers of Similac formula, has baby feeding and product information on its Web site (www.similac.com). Ross Products is a division of Abbott Laboratories.