I, too, run a mom's support group at my local hospital, one just for breastfeeding and one called Baby Talk, and totally enjoy holding babies and find the mother's run the group. The other staff also enjoy seeing the new moms grow in their mothering skills. Even weeks when only one mom and baby come out, I feel it helps give that mom support which she would not have gotten otherwise. The most fun has been having my daughter attend with her daughter, I find her becoming a teacher to other mothers, too. I send moms off to La Leche League close to them, too, as the baby and mom continue the nursing relationship. I just rejoined a group with my daughter that meets at night as she is back to work, and am having the best time reconnecting with LLL again. We just attended our second meeting tonight. My daughter is totally nursing and providing her breastmilk when she is at work for her 4 1/2 month old baby, and I told her tonight how proud I am of her for her dedication and superb mothering to her daughter. Just wanted to share these thoughts with all my friends on Lactnet. I think the future is much more nursing supportive although still many advertising pressures and unfortunate babies whose moms do not choose to give them their best effort at nursing. Warm regards, Ellen Mahony, RN, MS, LCCE, IBCLC *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] 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