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Diane Wiessinger <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 28 Sep 1995 07:42:43 -0400
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When we rewrite the hospital's misinformation about breastfeeding, let's
not replace it with more misinformation.

Breastfeeding represents normal infant feeding, not superior infant feeding.

Breastfed babies are able
to enjoy a normal level of health.  When we say that breastfed babies are
"healthier", we say also that bottle-fed health is "normal."  It can be
tough to phrase things from a breastfed health perspective and still get
them approved, but it's important to do, or we're still stuck in a
bottle-feeding mindset.  Indeed, the fact that it's tough to do ought to
tell us that we still haven't made a dent in the cultural mindset!

Diane Wiessinger, MS, IBCLC, LLLL  Ithaca, NY

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