Hi Yaffa, Yep, "breast at request" is better. But I do think our babies end up demanding a lot because we ignore the feeding cues for so long (politely asking mom to please feed) that they end up crying. (Demanding). I also think American babies learn that they have to cry to get anything because when they are "good" (not crying) they are put away from the mother into a crib or seat, alone, away from mom. When they cry, they are picked up and comforted and held. Not to say we shouldn't pick up babies when they cry, but shouldn't we teach parents to pick up babies and enjoy them when they are "good" too? Perhaps we could cut down on the crying. Slings for every baby!! Kathy A. I'm all for protesting the cost of the pump to the rental station to the company. If we all wrote a letter..... individually. By the way, in your mail shortly all the rental stations should have a customer satisfaction questionnaire. It is geared towards evaluating the service rep, but it DOES have a self addressed stamped envelope attached, and DOES go to the sales dept. What better time than NOW!!!! Susan M. Grated carrots? What about doing your own study where moms use carrots on one nipple and ??? on the other and see what heals faster. Correct for positioning and latch on, and study away. Given my druthers between grated carrots and benzoin, take a quick guess at which I'd go for. I read about geranium leaves in the ALCA News a couple of years ago. Is anyone using them? I've tried a couple of times, and a couple of the moms loved them. Tried on Timothy's scraped knee, too, but he wasn't interested in being another guinea pig =\ He'd already been the recipient of cabbage on the swollen foot. Rain today. :( Jan