Naomi,
I liked the cartoon you sent us, especially since the birds look kinda like
pigeons. Does everybody know that pigeons feed their babies 'pigeon milk,' a
secretion from their own crop, for the first days after the babies hatch? In
the final days of incubating the eggs, the parents themselves stop eating,
which has the effect of avoiding getting their own food, such as seeds,
mixed in with the pigeon milk that they will feed their babies.

So the next target for formula makers, according to this cartoon, could be
the baby bird food market? Will it never end???
Chris


Chris Mulford, BSN, IBCLC
Project Coordinator, the PA-BC Business Case for Breastfeeding
Co-coordinator, Women & Work Task Force, World Alliance for Breastfeeding
Action

 "When she gives birth, every woman has the potential resource of breastmilk
for two years or more. This ample food resource is perfectly targeted,
already distributed to households with the need, and should be controlled by
the mother and baby." --Helen Armstrong (1995) 
Breastfeeding as the foundation of care. Food and Nutrition Bulletin, United
Nations Univ Press, 16:4, 299-312.



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