I have the feeling from some of the recent posts that some of us LC's who sometimes have to rely on pumps for our mothers(for whatever the reason), temporary or permanent bottle feeding, encourage breastmilk in a bottle talk about babies being efficient,etc., are being looked at with a critical eye. Personally, I will do whatever it takes to get breastmilk into a baby, no matter what the amount. There are mothers out there who are just plain NOT AS COMMITTED to providing breastmilk as some of the rest us are or have been when our kids were small. Let's take Mom and baby where they are and give them what THEY need; NOT what WE think they need. I guess I feel this way because as I scan all of the posts relating to this particular topic, I see the "us vs. them" mentality rearing its ugly head here. Sometimes, we all have to step away from what the studies say and just go with what the mother needs. This is all about them, NOT all about us. Betsy Riedel RNC, IBCLC Connecticut *********************************************** 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