Hi All,
  I first must appologise that I could not/did not quote the whole
segment on using the word 'try', it is from Gabrielle Palmer's book, The
Politics of Breastfeeding (Chpt. 3, pgs. 50- 51). From the e-mail I
received and posts here, I think that a valuable point (not really what
I was aiming at) was made. We humans have the tendency to 'tune' into a
point or word in a statement and the rest of the statement (or the real
point) is ignored or forgotten.(Whether this is cultural, genetic, or
learned, I don't know). I was not advocating the use of the word try, I
was mentioning that this particular commentary was on how damaging the
use of the word try can be to a new or expectant mother.
  On Baby's Cues, Breastfeeding: A Special Relationship, a video by
Eagle Video Productions, lists the cues baby gives for hunger as
rooting, sucking the fists,clothing, or blanket, and then whimpering -
some or all occuring before full crying.
        Ruthy we are all so very sorry for you, the mother, and Meagan, I just
want to say that there are a lot of us out here who understand how sad
you are and at the same angry and fearful because of the resulting
situation.
        Oh by the way, this morning on our local sunrise morning show, the
local newscaster interview a man who was in New York. I missed the first
minutes of the interview, so I can not tell you if the man being
interviewed was a MD, but what caught my attention was when the
newscaster asked, "If a mother can breastfeed, do you recommend that she
should?" The man answered, "Definately, it is the best choice." At
another point, there was a discussion on deciding to breastfeed and the
man being interviewed said, "It is a personal choice." Finally (I think
this was the major reason for this interview) the man stated that
"Similac is the best formula." (How many questionable words can you see
in these statements?!?) I was going to call the TV station, but thought
about it and as soon as I close here, I am going to go to their site on
the 'Net and either get an address or comment - I will also try to get a
transcript of the segment to see if I missed something that was
important in the beginning of the interview.

Leslie Ward
Vine Grove, KY
(I won't even mention the weather)