Diane,
They just don't get it.  In the past I heard our office 'know it all'
(RE: 
infant feeding) remark that some woman was using her breast like a
pacifier.  I had to speak up like you did in your letter.  The artificial
method is the everyday norm to most.  The diseases are the everyday norm
to most, including many HCP.  When will they  realize that most of us
over 80, 70, even 60 (men and women) have seen nursing moms as the norm
when we were younger.  The more we cover our babies & hide in the bath
room (uck) the more the germ infested Playtex bottle half full of formula
is going to be the norm.    
Regards,
P.Harris-Swenson, MA, IBCLC
Nutritionist
Still behind E- mail!
Lowell, MA  USA

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