In a message dated 1/27/04 10:12:54 AM Eastern Standard Time, [log in to unmask]
writes:
There no such thing as magic fairy dust. It's only in the fairy tales
and even there, there is usually an evil sorcerer or someone who can
disrupt the power of magic fairy dust.

Breast milk is not magic fairy dust because magic fairy dust doesn't
exist. Yes, even bf babies get sick sometimes, but it's still a lot
better than the alternative.

I think magic fairy dust is getting a bum rap here. First, I think we've
gotten away from the context of the original reference. But also, as per Peter
Pan, it takes more than fairy dust to fly; it also takes thinking happy thoughts.
Without both, flying cannot be maintained. It takes more than human milk and
breastfeeding to make it to physically and emotionally health adulthood; it
also takes genetics, environment -- intrauterine and extrauterine, overall
parenting/family influence, the society in which one finds oneself, etc. But when
it comes to flying, I'd love a little fairy dust as a start, and when it comes
to reaching healthy adulthood, it's hard to beat an earthly beginning that
includes breastfeeding and human milk.

Karen G. (who does believe in fairies and magic dust and is wondering what's
wrong with that?)

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