sorry, you have been so helpful with information about books, i'll go on trying to have help from your experience: two books were reccomended to me: Counseling: The Nursing Mother by judith lauwers and anna swisher the one by jan riordan. i was also told that core curriculum is very "dry". i wish i could have them in my hands to look through them! thanks a lot m. pina, MD *********************************************** Archives: http://community.lsoft.com/archives/LACTNET.html Mail all commands to [log in to unmask] To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or [log in to unmask]) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet or ([log in to unmask]) To reach list owners: [log in to unmask]