Greetings, again... When teaching new parents, I remind them that the first few weeks of a baby's life is his/her "honeymoon" with his/her parents. I suggest they think of who they'd have liked to have had with them on their honeymoon, and consider having those people around. All of the support persons involved in the postpartum period can act as helpers... preparing food, cleaning, doing laundry (like the staff who served them on their honeymoon). Dads seem especially thoughtful after hearing this. :) Susan Reulbach Wirtjes RN IBCLC Waterloo, Iowa "What you permit, you promote." *********************************************** 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