Good morning all, I, too, have become a zealot (though I had no idea what that meant till my hubby explianed it to me! Then it was "Oh, Yeah! I'm one of those!! :) ). Often times, though, the only people who I can be a zealot with are those who are already pro BF. I have started talking more to people on the street (so to speak) and when a client calls to rent a pump ( I run a pump station) they ask questions about BF and there I go! I try not to let my enthusiasm take over 'cause I have been know to be so enthusiastic as to scare people! :) I have found that with new moms or moms to be I have to tone down my tone of voice and how I present the BF idea so as not to overwhelm them. I think I would make a good BF spokesperson on TV, but I may be misinterpretted as an extremist! Gee, would that be all that bad? But, I wouldn't want people to start thinking that BF is only for those rebel types! My family is already sick of my pro-BF ways and ideas. It will be interesting next week though. We are having a family reunion, and if my Mother thinks I'm going to go hide to BF Ben, she's nuts! Needless to say, my side of the family is not real pro-BF. My in-laws, however are! My father-in-law still loves to peak over my shoulder and watch Ben nurse! (Ben is 11 mo old) We are planning on getting preg real soon, if we aren't already, and my mom-in-law sid she can't wait to see me tandem nurse! (Any suggestions on doing that would be really helpful by the way! Please send advice by private e-mail!) Anyway, I also agree with Judy K. on the *guilty* thing. I think it would be really neat to have formula feeding be as taboo (except in cases where it is the only way a baby will stay alive!) as not have your baby innoculated. I have spoken to moms who said they didn't have their babies innoculated because of the possible side effects. My response was what about the side effects of the disease they might get because they *weren't* innoculated! Same thing with the BF. A friend of mine formula feeds her baby. She just can't understand why her baby is sick all the time (colds, ear infections...) and mine isn't! I tried to tell her why, and I think she is finally starting to come around. Maybe next baby will get the real thing, you know? Also, a WIC client has a baby in hosp. due to under developed lungs. Her 20 mo. old is formula fed and always sick. This mom wants to BF the newborn 'cause she doen't want him to go thru what her 20 mo old has gone thru (being sick all the time). My suggestion? Start tandem nursing! I figure that it certainly couldn't hurt the 20 mo old and (tho I am not sure about this, any studies?) maybe it would actuall help her stop getting sick all the time! This mom *loved* the idea! I have to call her back and see if it's working. Goodness, I do ramble. Sorry, gals. I know I am a zealot, and I'm proud to stand among those of us who are! Keep "zealoting" away ladies! We need more of it! Janet LC (zealot) in training and having a ball! P.S. A really sad story just on the news in my area. A janitor found a newborn in a dumpster here. I want to call the hospital where the baby is now and tell them to bring the baby to me so I can give him/her natures best and give him/her a better start on a life that didn't start out to well. Is that a little weird? I wonder, but I can't help how I feel! Heck, I'll just keep the baby, for that matter!