Dear Friends:
    I had to go to the large (3-story) shopping mall  this morning. I noticed 
babies and toddlers (can't help that :-).............the  babies were all 
little packages carried or push in car seats and carriages. The  toddlers were 
all restrained in strollers. Some babies were crying; some were  being fed by a 
mother who sat facing them, holding the bottle while the baby was  in the car 
seat. Other babies were plugged silent, with pacifiers. I didn't see  one baby 
carried in arms or in a cloth carrier.
    The older I get, the more angry I become seeing  babies plugged up!
    Today I noticed something else; all the toddlers  were restrained, 
strapped into their strollers.  There wasn't one single  running free toddler. This 
scene made me remember the days with  my toddler (now a taller than me 15 
years old), and how I loved to take her  to malls. They were perfect playgrounds: 
no mud and no cars; she could run to  her heart's content and explore (with me 
watching of course) and we both had  such a good time.
    sigh...........    
    warmly,
    
 
Nikki Lee RN, MS, Mother of 2, IBCLC, CCE
Maternal-Child Adjunct  Faculty Union Institute and University
Film Reviews Editor, Journal of Human  Lactation
Support the WHO Code and the Mother-Friendly Childbirth  Initiative

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