On Fri, 21 Oct 2005, Leanne Jewell, Rnc, Lcce, Facce wrote:

> Wouldn't WBW be a hoot if we had a celebrity spokesperson celebrating
> their child(ren)'s breastfeeding and encouraging other mothers to do the
> same.

HEY... this is actually a pretty good idea, at least in the US.  I roll my
eyes on a daily basis at the fact that US culture worships celebrities so
much, but... we're living in this culture so we may as well exploit it for
our own purposes.  Is that wrong?  ;-)  I nominate Kelly Ripa... she's
cute and perky AND she breastfeeds for a good long time.  Hmmm... she CAN
be annoying... but she also has a gorgeous husband who could help promote
WBW, too.  ;)

> Maybe that's a reason why we didn't get a good response to the AD
> Campaign was because they didn't get a well known personality to hawk
> the importance of breastfeeding (yes I am still upset with that
> campaign.)

Me, too.

> With the prospect of Wilma visiting Florida I was just so amazed
> yesterday at work as we kept on delivering babies that we just couldn't
> get the moms to understand if this THING comes our way (hey we lost
> power with Cat.1 storm Katerina before she became the storm of the
> century) we would need to promote exclusive breastfeeding.  I kept
> reminding them not to focus on how much volume the baby was getting but
> the need to feed frequently.  Tomorrow will be worse because we will
> have even more because they (management doesn't know how to say only
> medically necessary inductions or cs when a storm is looming and the
> weekend is coming). Best go and remind the group to remind the Moms...

Oh my gosh... you would think all of this would be INTUITIVE after what we
saw with children during Katrina.  People can be so thick!  :/

Cee, very happy not to have worry about what my grandchildren will be fed
if Wilma hits hard

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