One of the reasons I prefer mothers to come to my office is so that I don't have to do home visits, which take me out of the office, away from the phone and (BOTH) answering machines (one picks up with the other is busy!), etc. Furthrmore, I have an electronic scale which stays in my office and encourage mothers concerned about infant weight to come to office. In my car, I keep a large box. It contains one each of each breast pump kit, a feeding tube device and other bulky items. In a two-sided brief case, I keep magnetic and regular business cards (each mother gets one magnetic and two regulars), all forms and instruction sheets, pump rental receipts, insurance forms, etc. I also carry some small items in them as well, including a special bag of sample pump kits to show how to use prior to a client purchase (this keeps her purchase clean). Unfortunately, I ocntinue to find that as prepared as I try to be with home visits, inevitably I do not have something I could have used while there. Hence, my preference again for visits to me where EVERYTHING is handy. The answering machines pick up when I see clients in office, as I do not answer the phone while with someone. They are paying for my time, so my time is theirs without interruption! %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %% Kathleen G. Auerbach, PhD, IBCLC %% %% Lactation Services %% %% Homewood, Illinois %% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%