Dear Friends:
    Please remember that human milk is not magic fairy dust. It does not
confer high intelligence, great beauty, complete life-long health, and the ability
to 'leap tall buildings at a single bound.'
    Breastfeeding is like wearing a seat belt; no guarantee of life, but
skewing the odds SO MUCH in favor of life and health that it is worth it to do.
    For the mother of the 3 year-old with diabetes I say, thank god you
nursed for as long as you did!
    warmly,
Nikki Lee RN, MS, Mother of 2, IBCLC, CCE, CIMI
Maternal-Child Adjunct Faculty Union Institute and University
Film Editor, Journal of Human Lactation
Support the WHO Code and the Mother-Friendly Childbirth Initiative

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