I had not thought of the aspect of being unethical to donate unsolicited formula to a food pantry. It was actually my son-in-law's idea, I thought better than giving it to his baby. Personally, I like the idea of dumping it in the toilet. Years ago, LLL told us mothers to use it in pancake mix, but I could never bring myself to do it. I ended up throwing it out actually. I think the obstetrical offices are putting mother's on formula lists, so I intend to start complaining there, too. Any other ideas on how mothers get put on lists. My new grandbaby has such a nice smell from her mom's milk. I got to spend a few hours with her today and still am so impressed by my daughter's maternal instincts. She nurses and mothers her baby so easily, and the baby is looking bigger already. I am sad for another mother I am working with, born the day before my granddaughter whose mother really wants to nurse and can't get him latched. She is pumping her milk however. I wish I could have been with her from the start too. Warm regards in snowy upstate NY, Ellen Mahony, IBCLC *********************************************** 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