Nikki says: "I know and teach that human milk is the best but sometimes it just ain't possible. Until we have milk banks in every major city, we are going to have to deal with this issue." So true! Thanks for saying it so succintly. I hope you have your armor ready, because I can almost guarantee that there will be those who jump on the "but babies should never get formula" bandwagon without really seeing this point. There is often a big difference between the ideal situations we would like to see and the reality we have to deal with! In each case we have to deal with not only what we would like to see done, but what's available, where the mom is coming from and what the staff experience and attitude is. We keep working on making the more breastfeeding friendly options more readily available, but until someone comes along with that magic wand that will change everything instantly, we have to deal with what is along with what we would like it to be. Winnie *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html