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Magda Sachs <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 25 Feb 2001 08:45:56 -0000
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>You know, this makes me wish I had a more spellable/pronounceable name; my
>son, reading over my shoulder, said, "This could be the Fosbury Flop of
>lactation."  (Dick Fosbury was the first high jumper to go over the bar on
>his back - a technique that quickly became standard.  So I *think* he meant
>it as a compliment...)

Diane, dunno about your son's intentions, but take the verb itself as a
compliment.  And for anyone wondering what we are talking about, it is the
concepts in Diane's great article 'Watch Your Language' which appeared in
the JHL and is available at:
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/4072/wylang.html

"The truth is, breastfeeding is nothing more than normal" -- and we should
be using breastfeeding outcomes as the yardstick to measure other outcomes
against.  So, for example, 'breastfed babies are healthier'.  Well, no.
Babies who are not breastfed are not as healthy.

Magda Sachs
Breastfeeding Supporter, BfN, UK

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