--- On Sat, 8/9/08, Karleen Gribble <[log in to unmask]> wrote:A question here...how may of you never say that breast is best or that there
are benefits to breastfeeding? How many of you always communicate the risks
of using formula to mothers and others when talking about infant feeding?
What would you say if someone asked you why using infant formula increased
the risk of infection?
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I've trained myself to not mention anything in the range of ''best'' or benefits, but to start with breastfeeding as the infant feeding and care norm and to refer to risks or consequences of 'not breastfeeding''. I do not say that formula or bottle feeding are bad either. Because it is the *not breastfeeding* that does the harm.

Warmly,

Gonneke, IBCLC, LLLL waiting in southern netherlands for her children to return from a camping vacation in Sweden and Luxembourg.

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