>I wish WIC would let us do some sort of training for the nurses...just the basics if nothing else.  I can't tell you how many >times a mom has told me that a nurse or doctor told her something ignorant that caused her more harm than good and it >just infuriates me sometimes...

Absolutely, see if you can do some in-services!  But your terminology reminds me of a speaker I heard who runs a support group for teen moms in Australia.  Every meeting has food and information, the moms-to-be and moms do things socially together beyond just the meetings, they support one another, "They don't start solids until 6 months, they measure their breastfeeding in years, not months... and when a doctor tells them something stupid, they're not defeated, they're enraged," the speaker said.

I love that image of a very young mother who is *already* so well-informed and so confident that ignorance in the health care system doesn't defeat her; it enrages her :-)

Diane Wiessinger, MS, IBCLC  Ithaca, NY  USA
www.wiessinger.baka.com

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