I remember my first LLL conference in Chicago back in 2001. I was tandem nursing at the time. I never had tandem nursed in public before for fear of the looks and comments. I remember feeling so at ease about it while there, so I sat down on the floor while listening to Dr. Sears and nursed both my toddlers:) There is this incredible feeling you get when you are surrounded by loving mothers and fathers, who are also following their child's lead on weaning. I only wish I could have went to every conference, but unfortunately they are costly. Hopefully they will continue, maybe they will have to be on a smaller scale. At that conference we stayed in the Hilton and haven't been in a fancy hotel like that since. We still remember the marbled walls and floor in the bathroom, lol. Somehow we were lucky enough to get a corner room and had a great view of the city. Its LLL that taught me how to be a mom that listened to her child and not the mainstream. Oh, and as a funny side note, my 4 year old asked me to nurse her doll last night. At first I didn't do it directly, but over my bra. She said "no you have to do it for real!" So I lifted my bra and nursed the baby doll, lol. I even showed her the different positions:) Then my 6 year old found another doll and started nursing that one, I don't think they will have any problems with positioning when they have their babies someday:) Sheena Carnes, MOM, BSN, RN, LLL Leader, CBE Mom to Sabrina-7, Sara-6, Ashlyn-4 *********************************************** 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 email list is powered by LISTSERV (R). There is only one LISTSERV. To learn more, visit: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html