I was crawling the web using a new search engine called Alta Vista, asking
for "breastfeeding" sites and came across an interesting one that seems to
be sponsored by Mead Johnson.  Would appreciate others looking it over and
commenting -- they do have some great graphics of breasts (!) including
breast massage (before pumping, for the working mother) and different types
of pumps are clearly shown, as well as different types of nipples.  Lots of
info on pumping and storing and reheating EBM.  If you follow the links on
weaning, though, you'll see the usual stuff about replacing a breastfeeding
with a bottle of formula (think my 4.5 year old needs a bottle of formula at
bedtime??) and weaning prior to six months (onto a bottle) vs. after six
months (onto a cup).  Lots of promotion of Enfamil and Prosobee products,
and trashing of Similac.

Anyway, for those of you who counsel working mothers, this *might* be a good
resource for the info on breast massage and pumping.  It'll probably get
rated "indecent" by the net censors.

The address is:

http://www.womenslink.com/g/wlink/_b5bebf6d/living/momlib/working4.html

Or go to Alta Vista, search on breastfeeding, and look among the first few
sites listed (I was AMAZED to find my own home page listed in the first five).


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Katherine A. Dettwyler, Ph.D.                         email: [log in to unmask]
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