Cindy, My preference (and I think I saw this somewhere in the last couple years) is the single word breastfeeding. This implies that the 2 are intertwined. Separating it into 2 separate words reflects the attitude too prevalent today where the container (breast) and the contents (milk or feeding) are considered 2 separate entities that don't need to be together to get the full benefit. Therefore, bottle feeding (separate words) would be correct because the bottle and the feeding (feeder) don't have to be together. I suppose the third choice with the hyphen would be preferable to 2 separate words, but again, I use breastfeeding and breastmilk as single words, separating "breast" and "milk" only when they are separated as in "EBM". Winnie Mading, IBCLC *********************************************** 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