> I still have the glass and rubber "bicycle horn" pump I used 36 years
> ago.  What is even scarier is that the same one is still for sale in
> some stores (plastic now instead of glass).  I show it as classes to
> show what a wider variety is available today and to discuss the hazards
> of using any of the "squeeze bulb" type pumps-namely, can be rough on
> nipples and there's no way to be sure the inside of the bulb is clean.

I have a question for the wise people here.  Does this squeeze bulb not
come off the rest of the pump?  If it does, why is it not cleanable?  I
would think that scrubbing with a "bottle brush" of some sort and
boiling in water (I mean isn't it made of latex like bottle nipples?)
would do a good job cleaning it.  I have been telling moms about the
dangers of it, of course, but still am wondering personally why this is
such a big danger...why  it's impossible to clean it properly!

Thanks!
Fio.
ressource person for Allaitement Québec
Mama to Sandrine Leïlou, 13/03/00, still nursing.

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