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I Pediatric Pointers I by Dr. Joey Bell, Pembroke Pediatrics One of the many questions I was asked while home this week was about starting whole cow's milk during infancy When is the best time to introduce whole milk to the infants diet? It is a vers good question and one that the American academy of Pediatrics has wavered on in the past decade. As late as 1983 the academv stated that whole milk is probably suitable for infants after 6 months of age as long as the infant is eating a balance diet of baby foods. Not long after this recommendation, however, it was discovered that beginning whole milk this early can lead to two problems -- intestinal bleeding and iron deficiency Medical studies have shown that some babies in the 6-12 month period are sensitive to whole milk. Their intestines may be immature and respond to this milk by shedding cells lining the inside of the intestinal wall. This can lead to small amounts of bleeding from the intestine: this lost of red blood cells can lead to low blood counts, called anemia. Remember that anemia can also be caused by not receiving enough iron in your diet. There is no appreciable amount of iron in cow's milk and the usual diet of the 6-12 month old may not have enough iron to meet the requirements of a grow ing infant. This can lead to iron-deficient anemia. There are many adults, especially women, who suffer from anemia. Simple iron-deficient anemia usually only causes mild symptoms, such as paleness or fatigue, that can be corrected by taking evtra iron. In infants, however, it seems that anemia may have worse consequences. Recent medical studies have shown that anemia during the critical first year of life can lead to impaired mental and muscular function, which may not be reversible. With this information in mind, the best advice for formula fed babies is to keep them on these iron fortified formulas until at least 12 months of age to help reduce the risk of anemia. For infants who are breast fed past 6 months of age. parents may want to check w ith their doctors about the risk of anemia. An iron supplement may he indicated in some circumstances. This issue of anemia in infancy reminds us that healthcare during the early years can have long term effects. It means that preventive Pediatric healthcare should be important to all of us for the future of our children. Take care and we'll talk again next week! Pembroke First Baptist Church Birthdav's Sarah Bell 9-3 Lambert Brewington 9-5 Morgan Chavis 9-7 Ms. Marquerite Holmes 9-7 Chis K. Kendall 9-13 Sarah Maynor 9-14 Allie Oxendine 9-14 Joey Oxendine 9-14 Tara Lowery 9-14 Jessica Huggins 9-16 George Anthony 9-20 Courtney Anthony 9-21 Larry Brooks 9-22 D. J. Lowery 9-25 Mark Scott 9-27 Nicholas Maynor 9-28 Please also remember our sick and Elderly: Ms. Tammer GrahamJust turned 94 (8-18) Ms. Stella Jacobs Ms. Esther Lindsey Ms. Marguerite Holmes * Just turned 96 (9-7) Ms. Bonnie Maynor Ms. Libby Beasley r From the Desk of the ! Superintendent I r > by Dr. Barry Harding, Public Schools of Robeson County I'm often asked why I don't always comment publicly on statements made about me personalis or our school system- statements which might be considered inflammatory. I have to admit that it's not easy to ignore such statements especially when you know that there is little, if any. truth to them. The average person, however, is not familiar with some of the restraints we have to face. We might start with statements that are made and questions which are asked about employees. You should know that there are restrictions that exist with regard to releasing any information about personnel regardless of their position. Unfortunately, when we can't provide It, it often results in incorrect or questionable information getting to the public or. almost as bad. the belief that our inability to release it is misconstrued as our having something to hide. That, of course, is untrue. Fair or not. though, there are those who choose to believe an unsubstantiated story . From lime to time, we find ourselves being chastise for problems beyond our control. Mold comes to mind or malfunctioning air conditioners or furnaces when the weather is either hot of cold. When we become aware of a problem, our goal is to deal w ith it as quickly and as completely as possible. , We know, however, that dealing, as we do. w ith people's children it appears to them that we are moving neither as quickly or as completely as we should. The next step. then, apparently is to approach the media to get them to make us act more quickly. That, of course, accomplishes nothing except to give those people the opportunity to vent since we are already working on the problem and the media is not in a position to make us move more quickly than we already are. It does accomplish one thing. It allows us to have more negative publicity. That doesn't appear to me to be much of an accomplishment- at least, not a positive one. There are times when we are taken to task because of test results. As I've 'often said before, there is no one more unhappy when test results are not what I feel they should be than 1 am. Here, too. we are making every attempt to improve them. Not only do we implement programs designed to improve them but we encourage everyone- teachers and principals as well as students to work ever harder for improvement. I applaud our employees who are working extremely hard to improve our system in all areas. We try to keep the public informed about the various efforts we're making but it doesn't always seem to get through to everyone. Briticism is not unexpected, though, and so we deal with it. A wise man once said that there is nothing so thin that it doesn't have two sides to it. So it is with us. When people take exception to something that is taking place in our system or something which we have done or not done, always keep in mind that there are two sides to everything. Try not to fixate on just one side. We have good reasons for the things we do. Yes, we sometimes make unintentional mistakes but you should know that my steadfast inspiration in a time of adversity is to pray and strive to do what is right for our children, those who choose to find fault with us often are not in the position of understanding why we do what we do- or don't do what they think we should do. Reflections by Alta Nyo Oxendlne 911 Today,on91 I-01.1 turned 74. (Someone on the news was callingthisa911 day.) Yesterday a friend wished me a very happy day for today. 1 said."I don't need a big celebration. I have good health for my age. So I have a lot to be thankful for." Last r.ight I told my daughter not to go to any special trouble for my birthday. Speeiul Day Today I can understand how my brother Stan used to feel about his birthday (the 4th of July). "Everybody celebrates my birthday", he'd say, "But no one thinks about me." % After today, most Americans will remember the date of my 2001 birthday. But they won't be celebrating! They'll be grieving over all the suffering that took place on this date. Here's a comment passed on by Tim Russert: "America will never be the same after September 11.2001." In spite of all this, I did have a nice birthday celebration on 9-11-2001! Byron greeted me with the "Happy Birthday" song he learned several years ago. He had helped his daddy bake a cake and his mama decorate it. He blew up LOTS of balloons. And he and his mama left a nice message in my voice mailbox. . ... . ..< After we ate, Byron gave me a bag of presents, some of which he chose himself. I was happy that he remembered what 1 like. One of the items was a new camera (something I've wanted for some time.) I had just the kind of celebration I enjoy. Being with family feels awfully good on a day of tragedy like this!! southeastern fikft regional medical center Neighbors Caring For Neighbors. [E283SHP I "If I was a patient, 1 I'd rather have it be here in my I backyard | thattjgpjfV ,.kmf somewhere they I don't know you. 1 "As Mayor of Fairmont. I've met ail kinds of people. Friends and strangers. The people at Southeastern have been a vital part of my life. A few years back. I lost my wife and daughter to cancer. Southeastern worked hard to keep them on Earth, but they had to go. The people there are some of the best I've ever met. I couldn't ask for better service. I'm living witness that people care." 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