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Date: | Wed, 28 Jul 1999 20:54:14 -0400 |
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I'm still no-mail, but I couldn't resist:
I got an infuriating e-mail this morning from a client whose
*pediatrician/pediatric gastroenterologist* told her there were no
reasons to bf past 3 mo. (The client wasn't infuriating; she was
savvy.) My kids' responses:
Eric (16): I should write him a letter and tell him it's ridiculous
that a 16 year old boy should know more about bfing than a
pediatrician does.
Scott (19): You should take in a stack of studies - a tangible stack,
many inches thick - and plunk it on the desk of anyone who doesn't
believe it matters.
Scott's idea got me to thinking of how high the *complete* stack would
be. Marsha Walker says there are 13,000 supportive studies. Figure
an average length of 3-4 pp per study. Do both sides of a page, so
that means an average of 2 sheets of paper. At 500 sheets to a ream,
that's 250 studies per ream, requiring a total of 52 reams. Reams are
about 2" (5 cm) thick. That's a total of 104" or 8 ft 8" (2.6 m) - a
height that would burst through the ceiling of the average room, push
through the joists and floor, and allow a person on the second floor
to read the top few studies without having to go downstairs.
Now *that's* a book!
Diane Wiessinger, MS, IBCLC, LLLL Ithaca, NY
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