I think the education of the importance of breastfeeding is undermined everyday by our bottlefeeding is normal culture. Dr Jack Newman and Diane Weissinger (sp?) are more eloquent than I at showing how ingrained it truly is. But, until we are able, from the ground up, teach people breastfeeding is normal, not more special, more better, more whatever...just run of the mill, to be expected like breathing, breastfeeding will be this battle. We should not have to "promote breastfeeding" like we "promote non-smoking" One is not equal to the other. It is a hard daily battle, but I try everyday with my little girls to normalize breastfeeding into everything we do. Case in point, very astutely recognized by my coworker last night. SGA baby, low temps, low dexes after delivery...never went to NICU..why...listed as formula feeding on "chalkboard"... so no worries about making this baby eat enough to bring her dexes up, even though they kept dropping! This mom was actually wanting to breastfeed, so we got her nursing and then everyone was more diligent and talking about the NICU for these dexes that wouldn't rise after breastfeeding. Of course, once I pointed out to the night nurse how the levels had fluctuated greatly over previous 12 hours with formula, she relaxed a little and just continued to watch the baby! It is a hard daily battle we all fight! feeling wordy this early morning!... Cheryl Parrott RN, BSN, IBCLC in Kokomo, Indiana ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com *********************************************** 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]