I remembered!!!  Thought the same problem had recurred. Thanks for pulling
that out of the archives. Hopefully , Dr Sears(x3) will respond once again.
Karen Meleng BA IBCLC
Bunbury
Western Australia

>
> Date:    Wed, 28 May 2008 10:18:08 -0400
> From:    "Mary Jozwiak BS, IBCLC, RLC" <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: Dr. Sears Asked
>
> I didn't say a AGREED, just that I REMEMBERED this being discussed before=
> . I=20
> would think that all those who are so upset would have remembered this th=
> e=20
> *first time* it happened.=20
>
> Here, rather than taking it out on the messenger, search and look.  A sea=
> rch=20
> wasn't at ALL difficult to do. (The directions on how to use Lactnet and =
> it's=20
> search function are sent to all of us on a regular basis.) So, let's get =
> out facts=20
> straight before we start bashing each other. All I did was quote what I=20=
>
> REMEMBERED was said several years ago.=20=20=20
>
> HERE is the original response from the Sears Site and posted on LACTNET. =
> It=20
> took me all of ONE minute to find on the Archives:=20
>
> Subject: Dr. Bob (Bill Sears son) answers questions about formula adds on=
>  the=20
> website=20
> From: "Robert W. Sears MD FAAP" <[log in to unmask]>=20
> Reply-To: Lactation Information and Discussion=20
> <[log in to unmask]>=20
> Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 16:10:44 -0500=20
> Content-Type: text/plain=20
> Parts/Attachments:   text/plain (78 lines)=20
> =20
> Hello.  Allow me to introduce myself.  My name is Dr. Bob, the second son=
>  of
> Dr. William Sears.  I am a father of two boys 4 and 8, my wife is a LLL
> leader, and I am a pediatrician.  I practice with my father, Dr. Bill Sea=
> rs,
> and my brother Dr. Jim.  Because of the recent errors in judgement made b=
> y
> Dr. Bill in allowing formula banners on the website, and the uproar (very=
>
> justified!) this has caused throughout LLL and the breatfeeding and AP
> community worldwide, I have decided to become involved in various web
> communities where these discussions are taking place.
>
> LET ME MAKE DR BILL'S AND MY POSITION CLEAR FIRST!
> I completely support the WHO code 100%
> I too am extremely disappointed that formula adds and links were a part o=
> f
> the Dr. Sears Website.
> The fact that these formula adds were on a Dr. Sears website was very
> damaging to breastfeeding supporters and proponents of the WHO code,
> and=20=
>
> we
> now realize that.
> As an active participant in creating the website, it was my understanding=
>
> that formula adds were not going to be a part of the website.
> It was also Dr. Bill's understanding that these adds were not going to be=
>  on
> the website.
> I am a very strong advocate of breastfeeding, and in no way support any
> promotion of ABM.
> I practice attachment parenting in my own family and encourage my patient=
> s
> to do so.
> I go out of my way continously in my practice to insure as many of my
> patients as possible breastfeed for as long as possible, and so does Dr.
> Bill.
>
> HAVING SAID THAT, here is the latest information on how we have changed o=
> ur
> site, and realized the grevious error we had made:
> 1. As of 1/23/01, the formula banners and links have been completely remo=
> ved
> from our website, and will never return.
> 2. Dr. Bill, myself, and the entire Sears family are extremely sorry that=
>  we
> did not maintain a more strict hold on what adds were put on the site. We=
>
> are also sorry that it took us this long to remove the add banners.
>
> Also, to answer SEVERAL RUMORS that have surfaced:
> 1.  Dr. Bill is not now, and never has been, on the board of directors of=
>
> any formula company.
> 2.  Dr. Bill is in no way whatsoever affiliated with Nestle.
> 3.  This third rumor is so funny and ludicrous, it's almost not even wort=
> h
> answering, but here goes:  someone was under the impression that Dr. Sear=
> s
> office is not on call after hours, and makes people go to his website at =
> 3
> am for medical advice, and is not able to be paged at 3 am for emergencie=
> s.
> I am glad to see on lactnet that many people realized whoever started thi=
> s
> rumor was very ill-informed.  This rumor is so obviously not true.  One o=
> f
> the three Dr. Sears is always available after hours on call by pager for =
> his
> patients emergencies.  In addition, we also encourage our patients to che=
> ck
> the medical advice section of our website before they page us or as they =
> are
> waiting for us to call back.
>
> THE BOTTOM LINE
> For decades, Dr. Bill has been the strongest pediatrician advocate for
> breastfeeding and attachment parenting in the world.  Unfortunately, he m=
> ade
> one very bad error in judgement, and the breastfeeding community worldwid=
> e
> responded in dismay. Dr. Bill has heard all of you, and he and the entire=
>
> Sears family have corrected our error, and will now continue even more
> fervently than before to advocate and support breastfeeding and attachmen=
> t
> parenting worldwide.
>
> I appreciate that you have all kept Dr. Bill accountable in this issue, a=
> nd
> look forward to conversing with all of you.
>
> Lets stop bad-mouthing Dr. Bill and trying to find fault with everything
> else he does, and get on with the real important issues - supporting the =
> WHO
> code in the US and worldwide and increasing breastfeeding rates.
>
> It is good to be able to converse with all of you.
> Please, if someone could send me a list of other active internet chat gro=
> ups
> that have been discussing this issue, so that I might converse with them =
> as
> well, I would be very appreciative.
> Dr. Bob
>
> =20
> END QUOTE=20
>
> SO, again instead of ripping on each other, or even the Sears' themselves=
> ,=20
> maybe some judicious *searching* and asking the Sears' themselves,
> again=20=
>
> might be in order. It appears that again, a non-acceptable ad slipped thr=
> ough=20
> the Site. BUT, taking it to the source may be the best option, rather tha=
> n=20
> shooting the messenger, who *actually remembered* the knee jerk who haa=20=
>
> fest the *last time* this happened. No one else remembed? Really? With al=
> l=20
> the accusations, plans to "boycott" Sears site and books ect the first ti=
> me,=20
> from a few Lactnet subscribers,  for what amounted to an ERROR I would th=
> ink=20
> more people would have remembered.=20
>
> Let's take a deep breathe and read and think before we bash those on
> the=20=
>
> same side, OK?=20=20=20=20
>
> Blessings, PEACE and hopes for Forgiveness,=20
>
> Mary Jozwiak IBCLC, RLC, LLLL
> Private Practice
>
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