Janice alerted us to this phrase in an article from Nigeria: <According to her, nursing mothers should reject such "Greek" gifts as they were purely marketing strategy being devised by the multinational food companies to sell their products.> Took me a minute to figure out that she must have been referring to the Trojan Horse story involving Helen of Troy. I believe this reference is much more familiar in US culture than saying a "Greek" gift. In fact, it really expresses quite colorfully a good way to make a point about "free" diaper bags/ formula samples sent home from hospital, as well as the uninformed choice/non-medical reason to supplement voluntarily. First impact that comes to mind is to get the attention of hospital personnel about what the hospital is cooperating in when allowing this practice, as ell as for patient education by childbirth educators, LLLL's, enlightened doctors, nurses, RD's and for possible use with WIC clients. Along that line, my granddaughter in the AF is in town this week, on leave before next assignment. Got to spend a delightful morning caring for my darling 8 month old great-grandson. Sure enough, the Mead Johnson diaper bag is still in use! Jean ******* K. Jean Cotterman RNC, IBCLC Dayton, OH USA *********************************************** 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(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html