Dear Lactnet Friends:

WIC programs vary in effectiveness for breastfeeding support from locale to
locale across the US; some are wonderful, and some are awful.  One program
I've heard about in my travels across the US, has a director who refuses to
use peer counselors, saying that they don't work. The potential is there in
WIC to do good work.  However, as long as WIC purchases and distributes
half the formula sold in the US, and is identified in studies as a barrier
to breastfeeding, WIC will not be living up to its potential.

warmly,

Nikki Lee RN, BSN, Mother of 2, MS, IBCLC, CCE, CIMI, ANLC, CKC
craniosacral therapy practitioner
www.breastfeedingalwaysbest.com

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