My oldest is 21 so I didn't answer the first thread but 
being a fairly recently accediated LC I have noticed 
interesting things when I tell 
people what I do.  Those with children near my kids ages 
say, "why do people need help, we just did it",  people 
whose kids are a few years younger
say, "I wish I had known you then, I had  a lot of 
trouble or it didn't work".  The young moms I work with 
at WIC say "I want to try but I don't think 
it will work".  One thing that has changed is the young 
moms watch the "Baby Channel" or what ever that cable 
station is called.  Everyone there
has problems, of course, it's better TV.  Most know 
people who have tried and "failed", which lowers their 
expectations and makes it more likely they will
have problems or give up.  Also, those of us with older 
kids sought out LLL and books like Karen Pryor's because 
we wanted to breastfeed, now moms are encouaged
to breastfeed by others - family, friends, WIC, some 
doctors, etc. and they are not as committed to something 
they are doing for someone else (not their baby).
Like others mentioned there are certainly more birth 
interventions and C-sections and don't forget the study 
that just came out about pediatricains who are
not supporting breastfeeding.  Then there is the fact 
that many of us were stay at home moms, something also 
difficult for many today.  So many reasons, I'll give 
one more that goes along with the pediatrician one, my 
friend said to me the other day, it seems our kids were 
the last "generation" that didn't all have diagnosis, 
jaundice, reflux, low birth weight, high birth weight, 
etc., etc. what's the first answer of many docs., give 
formula.

Karen Kurtz, IBCLC, LLLL
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