>Even tho she enjoyed nsg, this mom felt that the video
>conveyed the message that "w/o your milk, you're nothing" and that mothers
>who bottlefeed and fathers will never be as close.

I disagree with the first part ("w/o your milk, you're nothing") but not
with the second part.  I don't think mothers who bottlefeed or fathers, will
ever have the same close relationship as between a mother and a child who
nursed into or beyond childhood.

And for every mother who might be "turned off" by the sight of a toddler
nursing in an LLL video (or meeting, or whatever), there will be another who
says "Oh, I didn't know I was *allowed* to keep on nursing, even though I
want to."  Readers/viewers/recipients of information will do all sorts of
things to the information they get -- misinterpret it, ignore it, feel
guilty because of it . . . . . or find it useful, empowering, important,
life-changing.

Kathy Dettwyler

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