Gina, At the risk of being flamed, I still must say that I am in complete agreement with your post. I commend you for having the courage to say so. Anne Grider, LLLL, IBCLC ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gina Gerboth" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2002 12:04 AM Subject: Re: nursing 8 year old > > > > Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2002 21:56:53 -0500 > > From: Naomi Bar-Yam <[log in to unmask]> > > Subject: nursing 8 year old > > > > From the statements of the judge in the articles posted > > on Lactnet, it's not clear to me whether the mother's > > poor judgement was because she nursed for so long, or > > because she went on national TV about it. > > > I have to say I think it was poor judgement for her to go on national TV > about it. *Especially* when she lost custody of him temporarily > previously. What does she think she's accomplishing? Making EBF more > palatable for the nation? Hardly--that needs to start w/a 1 yo then a 2 > yo and so on. No, I don't think one should hide the fact that they have > an older nursling, but why flaunt it like that when losing your child is > what's at stake. I find that to be extremely poor judgement. Now do I > think it was poor enough to merit losing custody? No I don't. But I > can't wrap my mind around what she must have been thinking! I feel very > sorry for that child. > > Gina Gerboth > Oregon > > *********************************************** > > To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail > To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) > To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet > All commands go to [log in to unmask] > > 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 > *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] 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