Kathy thinks yes, because they enjoy them more; and in my non-scientifically-sampled circle this is true also. I live in New York City, where costs for housing, child care, schools, etc are through the roof. Most of the families I know have either two or three children; and of the families I know who have three, exactly one is a non-bf'er. And contrariwise of those who have two or one and consider themselves finished, I cannot think of any who bf longer than 4 months, or who thought it went particularly well. Elisheva Urbas whose enjoyment of babies has now got her 20 weeks along with #3... *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html