Denise, I agree with you but what is happening when there is no food provided? I recently had a manuscript reviewer take issue with the use of the term to describe children who were suckling at their mother's breast (these were adopted children who actively sought breastfeeding from their adoptive mother see an example at http://www.mlive.com/news/aanews/index.ssf?/base/news-10/1095086750296950.xm l thanks to Janice Reynolds for alerting me to the article). Personally I think it is perfectly acceptable to use the term breastfeeding (but maybe not breast feeding??? is there a difference) to describe situations where milk is not necessarily transferred. How many older children breastfeed when there is no or very little milk??? Is it still breastfeeding? What do people think? Karleen Gribble Australia > Hi Cathy > Yes you'll be pleased to know that in Australia dads, aunties, children and > even lactation consultants can still nurse someone else's baby, but only > mothers breastfeed. Someone on lactnet commented that they preferred the > term 'nursing' to refer to breastfeeding. I don't. I feel it's just > another way of hiding from sight, and hearing, what is happening. It > reminds me of the euphemisms my grandmother would use to avoid saying the > word 'pregnant'. > Denise > in Aus *********************************************** 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(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html