I have a schtick for this situation - In my area, it's often dad who is
upset about having to go rent a hospital pump when they already have
this expensive consumer grade pump. I tell him that the consumer pump is
a perfectly good screwdriver, but right now mom needs a hammer. Later
on, when she needs a screwdriver, it will be there. You /can/ hammer a
nail into the wall with a screwdriver, but it's not good for either the
wall OR the screwdriver. This sets a picture in their mind of a
shattered screwdriver handle and a wall with pockmarks around the nail.
They usually 'get it'.
Catherine Watson Genna BS, IBCLC NYC cwgenna.com
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