Hello, Lactnetters, Dr. Green wrote: As a physician, I have noticed a recent and dramatic increase in "freebies" from Ross lately - free meals, dinners and such. What disturbs me most is that many these "free offers" are no longer routinely "disguised" as "educational meetings" like in the past but are simply flagrant gifts This struck a chord with me. As a Christian, whenever the walk gets hard, I tend to think that I must be on the right track, or the devil wouldn't be working so hard on me. Could it be that more and more women are choosing to breastfeed, so the formula companies have to work harder to promote the formula???? The breastfeeding advocates must be doing something right!!!! A nice story that's made my day.. I have a friend who just had her second baby. Her 2 year old was a difficult baby, she was a nervous mother, and she gave up bf in the early weeks. With this pregnancy, she found out all she could about bf and has had no problems nursing this baby. When time came for her baby's one month check, she said to me, "I wonder if he's going to tell me to supplement." I said, "No, if he's gaining weight okay, he won't. And even if he does,..." I stopped just short and she finished the sentence for me- "don't do it." I have a great fear of undermining people's faith in their doctors... but I was glad she got my point. Anyway, she took the baby in. The ped told her, "Don't you dare stop bfding this baby! He weighs 10 pounds already! (from birthweight of 7#- 4 weeks old) And don't you dare give him cereal, either, or he'll be 20 pounds by the time he's 6 months old!" So glad she heard it from more than just me.... Vicki Britton RN Olive Branch, MS ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]