Hi, all Thought I'd add a few neat quotes to the growing list. Only one of the three is very literary, but the other two are pretty powerful statements: "Asked at a Blue Cross Blue Shield meeting on health care cost containment in Minot, North Dakota: What helps reduce the incidence of ear and respiratory infection, intestinal disease, pneumonia, meningitis, Crohn's, colitis, diabetes, childhood cancers, constipation, allergies, urinary tract infections, tooth decay and obesity? It also increases intelligence and reduces the incidence of breast cancer for the mothers. No one knew the answer was breastfeeding." While we are into neat quotes, how about this one from the late James P. Grant, former Executive Director of UNICEF, in opening statement to the WHO/UNICEF Policymakers Meeting on "Breastfeeding in the 1990s: A Global Initiative," Florence, July 30, 1990: "Yesterday, merely because mothers were not effectively empowered with the knowledge, were not adequately motivated and not adequately supported to breastfeed, 3- to 4,000 infants and young children died. Today 3- to 4,000 died; 30 days ago another 3- to 4,000 died." [Never underestimate the job we do--and have yet to do!] And one more quote: "A pair of substantial mammary glands has the advantage over the two hemispheres of the most learned professor's brain, in the art of compounding a nutritious fluid for infants." -- Oliver Wendall Holmes Have a lovely day! Melissa Vickers, IBCLC [log in to unmask]