Hello, my name is Merilee Reeder and I have been hanging out here for several
months.  I am the mother of six children, ages 22 to 10  and had a great
breastfeeding experience with them all.  I have been a member of NMC of Santa
Clara CA for 21 years and have recently attended the CLE course at UCLA.  I
hope to finish my RN in the next couple of years (I had to take a break
because we recently moved.  Out of state tuition!  Wow!)  and get my family
raised a little more and move into a career in Perinatal Services.  ( Will I
be too old?)
The comment that I would like to make is about conferences and babies.  (I
know ancient history but no one talked about this.)  To the conference
planners:  Is it terribly expensive to arrange for a close circuit TV in
another room or the hall?  I think that the parent would be more likely to
take a disruptive child out if they knew that they would not miss the
presentation as well.  I have attended many large conferences (church) where
this was done and it really worked well.  The babies were much happier as
they could move around and make some noise, the parent was happy that they
were not missing the presentation, the participants and speaker were not
being disturbed.  I hope this is a thought that may work in some places.
I have really learned alot from all of you.  Thank you for a great place to
hang out.
Merilee
PS.  I just finished Dancing Skeletons.  What a great book!!.  Thank you
Kathrine.