>
>
>In my advocacy letters on this issue, I've been saying that LLL and
>>others have been promoting bf on its 'benefits' for nearly 50 years
>>now and where has it gotten us? We have a nation of women who KNOW
>>that bf is best, but still choose not to.
>>
>
>
>I'm not sure how factual this is. It seems to me that the breastfeeding
>rates have increased since LLL started nearly 50 years ago. I think it
>is important to make evidence-based statements. And if it is true that
>women know bf is best but choose not to (this, I presume, would mean
>that there are studies on the knowledge base) we need to look hard at
>the reasons why. I am still surprised by what I hear both in helping
>calls and at parties (the latter are an awakening in many ways,
>including the fact that last time I went to a Christmas party without
>children I was a mother of two. :-) I'm not hearing that mothers think
>breastfeeding and artificial feeding are equivalent, I'm hearing that
>the difficulties of breastfeeding are overwhelming. Just tonight a
>mother asked me, "Does anybody else have trouble learning how to latch a
>baby on?"
>
>Jo-Anne Elder-Gomes, LLLL, mother of 7, step-mother of 2, step-nanny of
>5 (3 living)
>
JoAnne,
Once again I have to agree with you.
Further, I would say we need to look at how effective the scare tactics
have been for the other campaigns. If you think, for one moment, that
everyone in the US buckles kids in, wears a bike helmet, and doesn't
smoke... you are not living in the same country I am, that's for sure.
I was a pediatric nurse before I became an LC. Saw plenty of no-helmet
bike accidents in the ER even in the late 90's. I still see most of the
kids in my neighborhood riding without helmets. I did mom baby home care
as recently as 2001, and was astounded at the number of folks still
smoking in a home with a baby.
The biggest change in seat belt and car seat compliance happened in Ohio
when a laws were enacted that meant a hefty fine if you didn't "buckle up."
Susan
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