Some might be interested to read the blog post and watch the video at http://www.howcantheyhear.org/?p=2613 <http://www.howcantheyhear.org/?p=2613&cpage=1#comment-18736> &cpage=1#comment-18736 It is such a good example of how well meaning do gooders do harm and then congratulate themselves on it. The baby's mother "didn't want to breastfeed"- as it turned out, this may have been because she was HIV positive and was concerned that she could transmit HIV to her baby or it could have been because she thought that formula was good for her baby, who knows. But instead of digging to the bottom of that issue the do gooders provide formula. Not surprisingly, in the circumstances, the baby does very poorly. Maybe underfed (perhaps the formula was being sold), maybe just plain old malnutrition as a result of diarrhoea caused by formula feeding. Baby taken for medical care (only really good thing that happened). Baby eventually abandoned- another predictable consequence of formula feeding (especially in a very stressful environment). Oh and they display the photo of the mother, an unbelievably unethical thing to do (let us show you this evil woman we saved this baby from). Baby then institutionalised, and at risk of all of the things associated with that including brain damage and abuse- and all is wonderful. Such a distressing story to watch...try commenting on the blog and see if you're more successful than I was. Karleen Gribble Australia *********************************************** Archives: http://community.lsoft.com/archives/LACTNET.html To reach list owners: [log in to unmask] Mail all list management commands to: [log in to unmask] COMMANDS: 1. To temporarily stop your subscription write in the body of an email: set lactnet nomail 2. To start it again: set lactnet mail 3. To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet 4. To get a comprehensive list of rules and directions: get lactnet welcome