Thought I add my two cents. A neighbor across the street, originally from Germany, had a boy 5 my daughter played with. Her baby girl who was less than year was nursing. They all came over and mom began to get edgy as baby was fussing and needed feeding. I said "You can nurse her here." She pulled out a shield and put it on. I was shocked. I had never seen one used. So I stood up and looked over them both and said "you don't need that any more." So with a quizzical expression she took it off her nipple. I guided the baby girl's head toward her and she took to the real nipple with gusto. The mom was in shock as I said "That's what it's really supposed to feel like." Well, we never became friends after that. Judy Ritchie, not an LC--just a pushy neighbor *********************************************** 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