>My 20 month old...Take him to a La Leche meeting - he sees another
>nursing toddler, he wants to nurse himself...  Toddlers want what their
>peers >want, it seems, be it toys or breasts. If women everywhere were
>walking around
>pulling out their breasts (or not covering them up in the first place!)_and
>nursing in public, I am sure our toddlers would all be nursing much more
>often!

How true!  My toddler/preschooler would whisper to me, at adult gatherings,
"Are these La Lechegg people?"  If I said yes, he'd crawl into my lap and
nurse.  If I said no, he'd nod understandingly and go off to do something
else.  When in Rome...

Diane Wiessinger, MS, IBCLC, LLLL  Ithaca, NY