Hi All, I love this thread!!  I come from a long family history of bottle
feeding.  I was 17 yrs. old when my uncle married a Korean woman.  I really
liked her from the beginning and when she had her first baby---I witnessed
breastfeeding for the first time.  I thought it was awesome!!  As this baby
grew, I noticed my aunt really parented differently than anyone else I knew.
 She concentrated on meeting the baby's needs and worked her daily routine to
accomodate him---instead of making him adjust his schedule to fit her
routine.  She would often speak "for" her baby--saying things like, "Mommy do
not put me down, there is nothing here to look at and I want to go with you".
 She taught me much.  She also practiced family bed (though I did not know
there was a name for it  back then) and usually "wore" her child in a
make-shift sling.  Anyway, she was my inspiration 16 yrs ago when I had my
first child---I already "knew" that breastfeeding and attachment parenting
were the way to go---this wonderful lady had shown me the path.
                                             Pam Holland, IBCLC
                                              Savannnah, GA