I am glad that someone got to talk to him personally, it is not often we
have that opportunity, I am sure it took come courage for you to talk with
him about this, thank you.
but..... I am glad he is getting 20 letters a day..... and hopefully he will
remove the formula banners from the site, if we didn't write, he wouldn't of
removed them.
I am shocked that he is on the BOD of a formula company........
Lets hope those banners dissapear soon!
Cindy
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From: "Peg Merrill" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2001 10:26 PM
Subject: Re: Latch Conference/Dr. Sears
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> I had a chance to personally talk with Dr.and Martha Sears yesterday
and
> was deeply humbled by the experience. We really do have to stop jumping
to
> conclusions and judging people when we don't have all the facts and don't
> know what they are thinking.
> Dr. Sears told everyone at the LATCH Conference in Cheseapke, Va.
that
> he is on the Board of Directors of Wyeth ( the company that makes the
> generic formulas that places like WalMart sell), and his explanation
seemed
> very sincere, and from the heart. He is, above all, committed to helping
> mothers and babies and sometimes (he claimed 2-5%) mothers are unable to
> breastfeed and need to use formula. Therefore he is trying to get at
least
> one formula company to add DHA to its product, as he sees this as an
> essential ingredient for brain growth and development. In return they will
> put information about attachment parenting on their labels and refer
people
> to askdrsears.com. He reasons that some people may try 3, 4, or 5 of the
B's
> of attachment parenting ( Birth Bonding,Breastfeeding,Babywearing,
> Bedsharing, Believe Babies Cries,Balance) and maybe next time they will
try
> breastfeeding.
> I talked with him at length during a break and truely believe that it
is
> not about the money ( as has been suggested on Lactnet). He and Martha
both
> said that this is an experiment to try to get the word out to a larger
> audience. "It may work or it maynot." He also implied that the formula
> banners will come off of his site. "That was a mistake and it has already
> been taken care of" From talking with him I suspect that they never
thought
> about some of the things us Lactnuts think about. I asked them about the
> possibility that the formula co. would want to market a DR.Sears formula
> with DHA and he and Marth were both very clear "THAT WILL NEVER HAPPEN _
WE
> WOULDN"T ALLOW IT! They are truely committed to breastfeeding and to
babies.
> It was a joy to hear them talk. I hope that everyone can forgive them and
> that next time something like this happens we take the time to get all the
> facts and to find out what the accused party is thinking before we jump to
> conclusions and send off our "Mad Mommy" letters. (Dr. Sears said he has
> been averaging about 20 "Mad Mommy" letters a day.)
>
> Peg Merrill, IBCLC, LLL(retired)
> Parkton, Md.
>
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