I'm just wondering if anyone else is seeing what I'm seeing and coming to a similar conclusion.  I have been seeing more formula feeding moms in the last 2 or 3 months and am wondering if it is because of the "new, improved" formula?  Our breastfeeding initiation rates have dropped in these last
months, though I don't have any hard numbers.  I just know that, in our newborn nursery, most babies were breast babies and if there are 5 or 6 babies on the board, only 1 or 2 of them would be formula.  Now, we are having 3 or 4 of them on formula.  Just seems odd to me to see this reverse in the
trend and it seems to be continuing.  I don't know what else to ascribe it to.  Anyone else seeing the same thing or have any other guesses as to cause?

Marsha, whose daughter has been in Australia for a few weeks, due home this week, and whose starry-eyed descriptions have me really envious of those attending the ILCA conference this year!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Marsha Glass RN, BSN, IBCLC~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Mothers have as powerful an influence over the welfare of future generations as all other earthly causes combined.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~John S. C. Abbot~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



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