I also saw the Babies R Us ad and was very dismayed.  Recently I attended a
Baby Faire sponsored by Babies R Us in the Atlanta Area.  I was dismayed at
the lack of support to breastfeeding. There were formula and bottle
manufacturers all over the convention floor, but no breastfeeding
information anywhere.

I am presently trying to get in touch with them to see if this is an event
planned for future years and how to get some breastfeeding resources to be
represented.  It seemed like they were really pushing the formula all over
the place.

As a newcomer to the Lactation Consultant field (but have been breastfeeding
for the last few years) I was really surprised and did a good bit of
educating on my own that afternoon with my daughter in the sling nursing
quite happily - I got a lot of questions from pregnant women (and a few
husbands) about the sling and my nursing top.  Hopefully I showed them that
it's not a hard thing to do!

Catherine Jones Warren
(anxiously awaiting the results of the Certified Lactation Counselor class I
just took to join the ranks of CLC's)
Creative Expressions Breastfeeding Support Services
Acworth, Georgia USA  (Near Atlanta, Georgia)

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