Anne, how about encouraging her to attend La Leche League meetings. You can suggest they are great places to meet other moms. You could "sell" the idea that friends made at LLLI are potential babysitters, friends for shopping expeditions, etc. (I doubt she will want to go just for bf support.) If you want to be really nice you could buy her a membership. It sounds like your relative is most in need of context. Its difficult to be the only one in your universe who is breastfeeding. No one gives reality checks (for myths like: formula makes baby sleep longer, formula is just as good as bf...) as supurbly as a group of peers who are breastfeeding their babies! Margery Wilson, IBCLC