The best resource for the WIC Peer Counselor Training program can be found 
at the website for Loving Support Best Start which you can find by 
"googling" it. It explains the training program and all of the ins andouts 
of having a peer counselor program. Personally, I find having Peer 
Counselors at our WIC Office is a tremendous asset and has a very positive 
effect on bf outcomes and moms'satisfaction with  bf experiences. The Peer 
Counselors can give the ongoing support and culturally approprite support 
moms need, which we, as Nutritionists, find next t impossible to do for 
everyone, because we are so busy with our other work responsibilities. Not 
to mention how much we all learn from each other in the office. I love 
having the Peers!

Re the TV movie about the Stolpas and their bf baby : I too remember hearing 
about them a few years ago BEFORE the movie came out. I remember feeling so 
HAPPY that the news reported the baby survuved BECAUSE he was bf, and 
probably would've died without that. I didn't see the movie. How sad to hear 
they wrecked the story! (but WE know the truth!)

Elaine Mazgelis, RD, IBCLC
BF/Peer Counselor Coordinator
Cambridge-Somerville WIC
Massachusetts, USA

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