Today at church (don't worry this isn't religious) the sermon was on 
personal growth. The Pastor cited a Bible passage (I fed you as a child with 
milk) and then compared it to his own family. He talked about his 6 children 
and how they only had milk when they were little. (I'm thinking milk?) He 
said "babies don't need any other food but milk". He said "Those of you who 
are breastfeeding now know they get all their nutrition from you, they don't 
need anything else". He said "For the first six months they shouldn't have 
anything else but milk" and then continued about introducing new foods 
joking that at first they don't taste so good. His analogy was to personal 
and spiritual growth and thinking about the next step which sometimes isn't 
easy or doesn't taste so good and not being complacent with just milk when 
you are an adult.

I was shocked. Here was someone who was preaching to several thousand people 
over 9 different services who referred to breastfeeding as normal, expected, 
and good. He didn't mention alternatives or choices. He used breastfeeding 
as an analogy for where everyone starts life. It was neat to hear 
breastfeeding woven into another context without apology.  I think that the 
recent LACTNET discussions have made me far more aware of references in 
everyday life to baby feeding - usually spotting the ubiquitious bottle in 
print ads, or the mention of stumbling around in th dark preparing a 3 am 
feeding. It was quite refreshing to have breastfeeding be simply normal.

Susan Small RN BSN
new to Calgary, Canada 

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