Does being pampered in a hotel setting imply that someone else (other than 
mom) takes care of everything? How does this effect parents' expectations 
on night care, breastfeeding, decision making, etc. Does it imply that 
someone else will do the work she left behind at home for this holiday? 
Like cooking, laundry, child care... I would like more of a summer camp 
theme, like planned nap times during the day.... What I see is that many 
parents entertain themselves, and guests all day, then are too tired at 
night to do night time parenting, instead of transitioning into 24 hour 
parenting with naps in the hospital. When parents learn childbirth 
education from tv shows, and parenting, feeding etc from ads, and the 
birthplace is like a hotel, the whole thing adds up to crazy expectations 
that are so far off from reality, and so little empowerment, why would 
anyone exclusively breastfeed???? It just seems like mixed messages to me. 
It leaves hospital lc's to present perfect breastfeeding right now to 
complete the scene. I guess I would like more prenatal education so that 
parents could expect to become empowered and educated in a lovely setting, 
instead of waited on. Judy

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