> ... as much as I enjoy Lactnet, I >find it difficult to recommend to nonbreastfeeding advocates. Dear Karen: thank you for not recommending Lactnet to nonbreastfeeding advocates. We have enough traffic on this list without taking the time to explain or defend bf to the unknowledgeable. Non-bf-advocates would also start flame wars ( which I am thankful we haven't had on Lactnet) and by the time the listowners removed them from the list, we'd all be hurting. >I need help with an odd problem. There is a doctor here who tells >moms they must breastfeed. If they choose not to, he then takes them >aside and informs them that they are "bad" mothers. Of course you may expect to find MORE intelligent, gentle, non-patronizing people among bf advocates, but you can't expect to find that EVERY member of ANY group to be so. It doesn't affect your position. It doesn't affect the benefits of breastfeeding. Arly Helm [log in to unmask] (Arly Helm, LC)