Thanks to all of the many wonderful participants of this listserve who took the time to respond to my request for strategy techniques to help the back to work nursing mother whose child care facility reported that her baby ( 8 weeks old) would not take the EMM from a bottle but would take formula. She has found a more suitable child care situation. This family is Jamaican and have many friends in the Jamaican community. Her mother's friend who keeps a toddler for another family has been contracted . She lives nearby and is well respected in the community. The mother did everything on her own after first telling me about the situation . All I did was listen and report to the lactnet community. I did suggest that she let her family give a bottle of EMM over the week end as many suggested. She planned to do that when I talked to her tonight she did not do that-- she forgot to do that and just as always nursed at every cue. That is a nursing mother for you. She feels confident that the baby will take milk form this lady and the baby's grandmother will be there the first three days. She sounds relieved and happy with this change. Interesting how most everyone that responded ---responded from the gut first then proposed a solution or explanation of what may have happened. Thanks for taking the time . Beadie Cambardella RN IBCLC Atlanta, GA *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html