Kristi, and everyone else, The Lactnet archives are freely available to anyone with internet access. The guidelines state clearly that subscribers should always post with an awareness that everything sent to Lactnet should be suitable for publication on the front page of the NY Times. This has natural consequences for the kind of detail to include or omit from a post. That is why my first post on this thread included a caution about the liability you exposed yourself to by posting so much background data from such an idiosyncratic situation. If the only thing you wanted input about was the recipe for the formula being used, it wasn't necessary to include all the identifying background about the case, including things that should elicit immediate response to ensure the child's physical safety. I did not find your posts reassuring in that regard, nor in regard to your maintaining client confidentiality. I just re-read the first post, from Sept 26. After the subject line 'Homemade formula?' follows a post in which the formula is not mentioned until eleven sentences into the post. It opens with a statement of general concern about the family, and then describes the mother and the baby in some detail, in unambiguously alarming terms, before the formula is mentioned again. The concluding sentence of the post is "May I please have input/advice/suggestions?' Input was not long in coming, from three different continents, all saying in essence 'YIKES!' - perhaps in part because it was hard to tell whether you were as alarmed as some of us responders felt you ought to be. Since you include in your signature line enough information to be able to find you by googling, and then to locate you from information found on google search (I just tried while writing this, it took a couple of minutes) there are several thousand possible 'suspects' for informants, just among our subscribers. My best advice to you, which probably sounds brutal, is don't waste any more energy trying to find out whodunnit, and then, older and wiser, spend a bit more time editing future posts before sending them. Sincerely Rachel Myr writing now both as a colleague and a listmother on Lactnet from Kristiansand, Norway - a tiny tiny country where *everyone* knows *everyone* and you just learn to assume that everything you say today can come back to bite you tomorrow *********************************************** 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