Hi. I am new to Lactnet. I am an attorney in Los Angeles and I have become
interested in lactivism as a result of breastfeeding my daughter for the
past 14 months and for the foreseeable future.  I am looking for ways to use
my legal skills to advocate for breastfeeding. Please let me know what ideas
you have in this regard.  I am going to be attending a breastfeeding task
force LA meeting January 12, so that is a start.

Also, I am in the process of drafting a letter to a pediatrician I saw
yesterday who professes to support breastfeeding and yet stated to me that I
must feed my daughter iron-fortified cereal, vitamin D supplements, and was
about to recommend I supplement her with formula while I am at work before
remembering that she is 14 months old.  Also, she measured my daughter on
the standard growth chart and expressed great concern that she was only 10%
for height and 37% for weight; neither issue concerned me.  I would like to
create a document that addresses common misconceptions that pediatricians
who profess to support breastfeeding continue to espouse and support.  If
you have any resources that address breastfed babies and growth charts I
could use them.  Also, I would be interested to hear some of the most common
misinformation you hear being given and try to correct.

Thank you,

Alexis Neely
Attorney and Mom to Kaia (11/2/99)
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