Sounds like their intentions were good, just misguided. Rather than get into a long, potentially contentious, discussion about what was wrong, how about creating a list of what would be great for them to hand out. These stores want to hand out freebies, it's part of good promotion that people go home with something in hand. They could hand out baby rattles, coupons toward car seats, bibs, diapers, receiving blankets, onesies, sports water bottle for the moms (the empty kind, with the big straws). The possibilities are endless. Naomi Bar-Yam > When I arrived, the snack table was set up > full of Nestle bottled water!! Then, at the end, each participant > was handed > an Avent pack of some sort. When I questioned the event > coordinator she > said that it was just a pack of Avent storage bottles with no > nipples. I don't > know what to say. I don't know if it is appropriate for me to say > anything, > but saying nothing doesn't feel quite right either. I am to speak > there > again in May and June. Your thoughts? -------------------------------- Naomi Bar-Yam Ph.D. [log in to unmask] 617-964-6676 Researcher, Writer, Educator in Maternal and Child Health -------------------------------- *********************************************** 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