Reading about Manatees brought me back to a wonderful 
memory. When I was pregnant with my first child, we visited 
my husband's aunt in Florida. We went swimming @ Crystal 
Springs on the St. John's River. There were Manatees there, 
they are wonderfully gentle creatures even if they are not 
cute. One had a baby, I didn't see her nursing but they 
allowed you to stroke and hand feed them, and they would 
brush up against you if you swam slowly without splashing. 
This area is now closed off to boats and swimming, as it 
should be , to protect them, you can view them from shore. 
P.S. If you ever see the documentary on manatees by Jacque 
Cousteau, the little boy feeding the Manatee is my husband,s 
cousin.  To make this more on topic, this was also a time 
when that aunt shared her  experiences Breastfeeding her 5 
children. People around you have such an impact positive or 
negative when you are pregnant, fortunately her words 
encouraged me to Breastfeed even though she also had some 
difficulty, and this was in the 70's when Breastfeeding rates 
were dismally low. Chris Erland

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