Jon,
Excellent thoughts on the purchase of infant formula.  Here are some things
I've been thinking about.

If mothers who choose to bottle feed are given a can of powdered formula, and
taught how to use it in the hospital, it will take more time for the nurses
than normal breastfeeding.  This might encourage nurses to view breastfeeding
as the easier choice from their perspective.  For the mothers, we reduce the
risk of sending them home unable to properly prepare infant formula for their
babies.  If bottle feeding weren't so easy to do in the hospital, maybe they
would put a little more effort into learning to breastfeed.

What do you think?

By the way, congratulations on the excellent progress you are making toward
BFHI.
Jeanne Mitchell
Austin, TX