Ellen,

In response to your post regarding the spelling of the word
breastfeeding, I have these thoughts.  By splitting the word in two,
either by hyphen or separate words, one gets the sense of the breast
being somewhat separated from the act.  A sense that the breast simply
performs the act.  I feel, as I would guess most of you LACTNETters do,
that breastfeeding is more than an act and much more than a feeding
method.  It describes a special bond between the mother (breast) and the
child (who is being fed).  I may be way out on a limb here, but that is
my impression of this issue.  Three cheers for BREASTFEEDING!!!


Mandy Biles LLL Leader in Guam (who sometimes feels like she's in never,
never land when it comes to brreastfeeding advocacy)