Carrie and all,

La Leche League encourages its Leaders to emphasize the advantages of
breastfeeding and breastmilk rather than the disadvantages of bottle feeding
and formula.  We are to avoid putting down or ridiculing bottle feeding (p 91
Leader's Handbook, revised ed.)  It has been the experience of LLL over the
past 40 years that mothers are more receptive to a positive presentation of
information than to a negative one.For example, bottle bashing can make moms
who've bottle-fed previous babies defensive, but a positive approach to the
many benefits of breastfeeding can empower those same moms to breastfeed a new
baby. My co-Leader is a perfect example of this. Besides a positive approach
makes us seem a bit less like the "nipple nazis". There are women, however,
who probably are more motivated to BF by horror stories of the hazards of ABM
than by the advantages of breastfeeding.

Warmly,
Carol Kelley LLLL
Taylors SC