I'm still no-mail, but I couldn't resist:

I got an infuriating e-mail this morning from a client whose
*pediatrician/pediatric gastroenterologist* told her there were no
reasons to bf past 3 mo.  (The client wasn't infuriating;  she was
savvy.)  My kids' responses:

Eric (16):  I should write him a letter and tell him it's ridiculous
that a 16 year old boy should know more about bfing than a
pediatrician does.

Scott (19):  You should take in a stack of studies - a tangible stack,
many inches thick - and plunk it on the desk of anyone who doesn't
believe it matters.

Scott's idea got me to thinking of how high the *complete* stack would
be.  Marsha Walker says there are 13,000 supportive studies.  Figure
an average length of 3-4 pp per study.  Do both sides of a page, so
that means an average of 2 sheets of paper.  At 500 sheets to a ream,
that's 250 studies per ream, requiring a total of 52 reams.  Reams are
about 2" (5 cm) thick.  That's a total of 104" or 8 ft 8" (2.6 m) - a
height that would burst through the ceiling of the average room, push
through the joists and  floor, and allow a person on the second floor
to read the top few studies without having to go downstairs.

Now *that's* a book!

Diane Wiessinger, MS, IBCLC, LLLL  Ithaca, NY

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