Hi Becky, Haven't you yet tried to use a pink balloon for demonstrating a pump on? I always use them (Medela has balloons with a nipple and areola printed on them). Only thing you have to keep in mind is to have the balloon make a good seal with the flange of the pump. When I demonstrate a pump like this I start at minimum suction, then proceed to medium, then maximum suction and I tell people :"look how this fragile balloon can 'handle' this pump, it doesn't pop; pumping should never hurt". OTOH I've got the comment (of people using the pump at their cheeks) outch, that hurts! Please let me know what you think after trying the balloon thing. Kind regards, Renate Rietveld, IBCLC Rijswijk, The Netherlands e-mail: [log in to unmask] At 17:38 2-8-99 PDT, you wrote: >Cathy, > I thought I was the only who demonstrated use of the breast pump on her >cheeks (face). Am so happy to know that someone whom I consider to be a >'wise one' also does. I haven't figured out yet any better way to do it. > Becky B RNC IBCLC > > -------------------------------------------------------------- Renate Rietveld, IBCLC E-mail : [log in to unmask] Homepage: http://www.casema.net/~rietveld/index.htm -------------------------------------------------------------- *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html