Thank you Coach Smith!!!
Sheena Carnes, BSN,RN,LLLL,IBCLC
On Mar 10, 2012 11:37 AM, "Linda J. Smith" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Coach Smith here again. QUIT the infighting and squabbling, please!
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> When we have 95% breastfeeding initiation everywhere in the world;
> exclusive
> breastfeeding till 6 months in the vast majority of women, and continued
> breastfeeding till 2+ or more years as the mother and baby desires, THEN
> and
> only then might this kind of discussion be appropriate.
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> My personal position: I've been a LLL Leader since 1974. I was involved in
> the formation of ILCA and the IBLCE exam. I recertify by IBLCE exam on
> schedule. I'd love to complete the Advanced Lactation Counselor/Advanced
> Nurse Lactation Counselor course and earn that credential, and plan to do
> so
> as soon as my schedule permits. I regularly encounter CLCs, peer
> counselors,
> LLL Leaders (etc.) in the courses I teach.
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> In my book, the MORE people with breastfeeding knowledge and appropriate
> skills that are around, the BETTER. There's PLENTY of room for many
> approaches to helping breastfeeding mothers & babies. I've written about
> this many times, including a piece on my site originally written in 1998
> and
> updated in 2008.
> http://www.bflrc.com/ljs/professional/courses%20and%20credentials.htm
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> No team wins the Super Bowl, Stanley Cup, NCAA Basketball Championship,
> World Series (etc.) with only ONE kind of player. Every winning teams'
> members wears the same color shirt, from the star quarterback to the goalie
> to the bookkeepers and the people in the publicity department. Locker-room
> fights are deadly to any team's chance of success, and can be especially
> nasty among women's sports teams. A long-standing rule of good
> sportsmanship
> goes something like this: "Play Hard, Play Fair, and Everybody WINS."
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> Whatever our lactation-related training, experience and credential(s), our
> "competition" as lactation care providers is NOT:
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> * hospital lactation programs
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> * Peer Counselors
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> * La Leche League Leaders and other Mother-support group leaders
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> * Doctors and other licensed health care providers
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> * CLCs, CLEs and others with various amounts of breastfeeding
> education
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> OUR REAL COMPETITORS ARE THE FORMULA COMPANIES.
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> When we fight among ourselves. The formula companies laugh.All the way to
> the bank!
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>
> Linda J. Smith, MPH, IBCLC, FACCE, FILCA
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> Bright Future Lactation Resource Centre Ltd.
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> 6540 Cedarview Ct., Dayton OH 45459-1214
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> Ph 937-438-9458 / fax 937-438-3229
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> www.BFLRC.com <http://www.bflrc.com/>
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