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Re: solids introduction

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At 12:25 AM 11/22/97 -0600, Dogwood Ridge wrote:

>Matt-  Thank you for your "solids" protocol.  I should not look a gift
>horse in the mouth but I have I have a concern about the line that
>translates " When they are four months old they can start foods with salt".
> Also "guiano" is a type of small banana but not a word easily understood
>by a lot of Mexicans.  I took the liberty of making a few changes



Kim's response made me think of the handouts a lot of us use on a regular
basis.  I have the Pediatic Advisor as well as pamphlets published by the
AAP, pharmaceutical companies, and other sources.  Of course I've not read
even a fraction of the literature I distribute and occasionally a parent
will question information in the handout which contradicts something I've
told them verbally.  Or a parent might not appreciate a tongue-in-cheek
statement in a handout (an AAP brochure, in a paragraph on the treatment of
warts, states, "Occasionally they disappear by the power of suggestion").

Unless a provider writes all of their own handouts (quite an undertaking)
or reads all the handouts in their office (I'll get to it right after I
read that April, 1996 issue of AAP news) there is no solution.  I just
think it's something we should all be aware of.