HI All,
Nice story of my own to relate...

My 13 yr old son and I were out grocery shopping last night.  At the
checkstand we got to talking to the bagger (an 18 yr old gal).  She said I
looked tired, and I told her how much time I have been spending at my
friends house helping her BF her two new babies and how it was hard to care
for her and my own family as well right now (but worth it!).  SHe then
started to tell me how wonderful BF was, gave all the reasons it was better,
told me how she was learning all about it in her child development class in
college.  TOld me about her sister who had a 9 mo old son, but the baby had
been premature and had never gone to breast - she just pumped for 5.5
months, and how she (the bagger) was very sad that her sis quit pumping.  I
told her that what her sis did was actually pretty amazing - to pump and bot
feed for 5.5 mo is really good.  I could see that she was really
disappointed with her sisters decision, but after talking with her for a bit
(I had a LOT of groceries!) she came to see that her sis had worked really
hard and that she could be proud of what her sis did do.  As we walked out
to the car, she told me that she could hardly wait to have her own kids so
she could BF them!
When we got into the car, my son said to me - "That is really amazing - an
18 yr old who really knows the improtance of BF.  I hope that when I find
someone to spend the rest of my life I am lucky enough to find someone who
believes as strongly in BF as she does!"

Made my night!  :D

Jay

Jay Simpson, CLE
Sacramento, California, West Coast, USA
"No Miracles performed here, just a lot of love and hard work."