Dear Lactnetters, Have enjoyed getting 'caught up" on all the wonderful messages over the holidays. Thank you to the LC in Glendora CA (Julia F.)on November 18th who assisted my wonderful niece while she was in hospital there (sorry don't know the hospital, so everyone can take credit). Evidently my niece made delightful waves for the staff of one hospital (who my sis says "never see normal labor anymore" so they stayed post shift) by delivering minus pain meds and epidural! My great-niece is nursing well--is a smart, breast-crawling baby who had some difficulty with a flat nipple and a bit of engorgement which were relieved with a telephone consult to Aunt Linda and a shield. Know that all of you who post to Lactnet helped on this project. As for the interesting comments, was privy to a conversation between two of our wonderful RN breastfeeding advocates at our hospital today. This may not be new to you folks, but was to me, so thought I'd share...one said "I don't think babies get "nipple confusion". What they get is "opinionated". They are too smart to be confused". The other replied that "I think only the mother gets nipple confused..." Many thanks to all, once again, Linda M. Duce, RN,CNM Austin, TX (who loves being a great-aunt-- like being a grandmother without quite so much of the worry) *********************************************** 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