But until we all accept that several years of breastfeeding is every child's birthright, we'll have people continuing to think that they've been a great success when they nurse for six weeks, and have done something truly amazing when they nurse for a year. I so agree, Kathy, and just the other day as I stood at the deli counter with my 20 yr old daughter, a mom I'd had in breastfeeding class said hello, pointed to her two children and so proudly stated, breastfed them both, a year and a half. I smiled, said good for you and restrained myself from pointing to my daughter and saying, 7 years. Barbara Latterner, BSN, RN, 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(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html