Pat in SNJ, I've so enjoyed your stories. I do have to add mine. I was born in 1946. My baby book, from Better Homes and Gardens, was dutifully filled out by my mother with more things than anyone ever wants to know up until 4th grade....believe it or not. Anyway, my feeding schedule was 10-2-6-10-2-6-10. No deviation. The book even had a section for "baby cried from _______ to ______" That was an expectation. Mother was in the hospital for 10 days, came home, tried to breastfeed for another couple of days, but I cried so much (and, by the way, it was one breast only per feed....) she gave formula. And cereal at 2 weeks because that is what the Dr. recommended. (I found a book my pediatrician wrote published in 1971. He was still advocating cereal at 2 weeks then!!!!). I probably have a brain full of arsenic, now that I've read that article!!) We were missionaries, and my parents went to China when I was 18 months old -- evacuated in 1949 and moved to Australia. There is where my mother learned how to breastfeed (though she still believed in schedules and cereal.....). She breastfed my sister for 6 months, my brother for 9, and my youngest sister for 12. Three guesses as to who is the most intelligent of the sibs!! Two of my personal accomplishments that make me feel as though I've come full circle: Speaking at the first ALCA (Australian Lactation Consultant Association Conference) in Canberra in 1992, and writing the section on breastfeeding for the new Better Homes and Gardens Baby Book..... Jan *********************************************** 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