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At 9:27 PM -0600 1/28/02, Jim & Winnie Mading wrote:
>I think the word you're looking for is "feed".
>Sounds simplistic, but it's the first think that comes to my mind. I
>think it's because with other mammals, it is widely accepted that that's
>the way it's done-no having to choose between teat or bottle. It's only
>with humans that we seem to need another word. It's a baby-you feed
>babies-mother's milk is what babies "eat". Period, end of thought,
>nothing else needed.
>I dream of the day when this is the norm.
Yeah, no kidding. I was disheartened at my pediatrician's office on
Friday. I took my 3 month old baby in -- turns out it's just a cold.
Doc was giving me instructions... "cold mist humidifier, elevate his
head, give him extra fluids -- pedialyte, juice, water..." I gaped
for a minute... then said "Um, he's breastfed." (I have told this
pedi before I'm a LLLL -- obviously he didn't remember.) He said,
"Oh, well, then, extra nursings."
I was so sad that he would automatically assume a 3 month old baby
(or any baby) was formula fed. :-( I guess that's just what he's
used to seeing.
Maren (who wishes her pedi was as pro-bf as he is anti-smoking)
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