These are excellent and perceptive thoughts per usual. I was at least
somewhat aware of the use of powdered human milk made from donor milk. I
always learn so much - this listserv is such a blessing!

Thank you all!

On Sun, Aug 8, 2021 at 1:50 AM Virginia Thorley <[log in to unmask]>
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> I agree with Liz Brooks's perceptive comments. Smart marketing creates a
> market for items that were developed to serve specific needs - to expand
> customers. Marketing, to cite Drucker, creates a "need" that didn' t exist
> before.
>
>  Persuasive marketing, places an image in our heads of ourselves using the
> product. It puts "you" in the picture. It is often useful to pause and
> question....
>
> As I tell families, it can be informative for consumers to question any
> infant-related marketing directed at parents or grandparents, by asking,
> "Do I really need this?" and "Are there alternatives, including better
> alternatives?"
>
> When my first child was born, a very down-to-earth older man, the manager
> of a huge cattle station (ranch), queried why we would need a bassinette, a
> short-term item, when the bottom drawer of the dressing table would serve
> the purpose. I guess he took the perspective of function, rather than
> looking through the lens of cultural artifact, even though cradles of some
> sort have been marketed or homemade for centuries. (Yes, we did use a
> bassinet, but his question made me think.)
>
> Wherever you live, stay safe, stay well in these pandemic years.
>
> Virginia
>
> Dr Virginia Thorley, OAM, PhD, IBCLC, FILCA
> Historian
> Ipswich, QLD, Australia
>
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