For those out there who are frustrated I wanted to share this bit of 
conversation I had with a mommy the other day. I first saw her in the hospital 
when she had baby #2. Breastfeeding "didn't work out very well" with her first 
child, and she weaned to formula at 4 weeks. Because of the encouragment 
she got at WIC and the information she got at breastfeeding class, she 
decided to "try again" with baby #2. Baby is 4 1/2 months and thriving on 
mom's milk. Mom has fallen in love with breastfeeding and plans to nurse 
for "at least a year'. She has ovecome resistance from her husband, who 
expressed jealousy at first over the breastfeeding relationship until he heard 
about how much smarter breastfed babies are; and her mother-in-law, who 
wanted to keep giving an extra bottle of formula just in case, and now sees 
how much happier and more 'satisfied' the baby is after she gives a breastmilk 
bottle. Mom is working full-time as a waitress in a popular chain restaurant 
and countered resistance from her manager to her pumping breaks by telling 
him that "this is the way it is, deal with it.". This manager has recently 
informed her that his wife is expecting her second, and they are breastfeeding 
because it is so important!  I was so inspired and uplifted by talking with this 
mom. It is so cool to hear a mom, in her own words, describing the cute things 
her baby does at breast, and how she is amazed at the bonding taking place.  
When I get frustrated hearing about the bad advice and ignorant 
recommendations that some moms are given--I try to remember this saying 
(gotten at a conference in State College, PA this spring, but I don't have 
attribution, sorry)-- when you wonder if you are making a difference, 
remember it only takes one baby to affect one mother to affect one family to 
affect one community to affect one country which can affect the whole 
world. 

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