Hi all,

I wanted to comment on the use of "Humanmilk" VS "Breastmilk."  Last
night my six year old son (bf for three years) was joking and asked me
for milky.  I said there isn't any breastmilk in there and he broke
out laughing and feeling all silly.  I realized and then said there is
no more human milk left in there and he said, "That is what the milk
is?"  I said yes, we make human milk for human babies, just like cows
make "cow milk for cows"  He stopped giggling and started thinking.  I
agree that we should refer to human milk as human milk.  How did it
end up breastmilk and attached to a part of human anatomy verses being
attached to humankind?


Heidi C. Lunn, M.S., I.B.C.L.C.
WIC/LLL