Judy wrote:
"Your DIL is redefining the  cultural  standard toward the normal when she
says "4.5 years isn't bad".  Wow, great  story. A wonderful resolution to
 what she was told was a no-way  situation."

This is one of those "For want of a nail" stories.
If I had not:
 - always been an independent thinker
 - been asked to bottle feed a friend's baby and found it to be an
unnervingly strange experience
 - had a workmate who shared her experiences of helping mothers breastfeed
as a NCT counselllor
 - been introduced to a neighbour who, it was rumoured, had nursed her son
for 18 months (gasp!)
 - attended La Leche League meetings while I was pregnant with baby #1
 - become a La Leche League Leader
 - met one of the first IBCLCs, who asked me why I had not yet taken the
exam
 - become an IBCLC and met Diana West when we were presenting at the same
conference
Then:
 - I may never have had the information or skills necessary to help my DIL
breastfeed my grandchildren.

You never know what seeds you are planting when you smile at a mother who is
sitting in a park nursing her baby!


Norma Ritter, IBCLC, RLC
Breastfeeding Matters in the Capital Region
www.NormaRitter.com

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