Well, I am standing here looking at my living room rug which doubles its function as a play room most of the time. Yes, it does need cleaned again this year! But only because it got dirty in the everyday use of my family. In the years passed, I have had to clean rugs 3 times a year because a few of my children were fed FORMULA! And there was trails of formula stains throughout it (this is a great room so it is alot of carpet!) Someone (maybe I will do it) should make up a pamphlet of what to expect when you choose not to breastfeed (from a house cleaning point of view). It could include: Scrubbing rugs at least 2 times a year because formula fed babies always are spitting the foul smelling stuff back up stinking up your rugs Your dog or cat will often beat you to the stain and lick it up before you get to clean it up (hopefully they won't puke it up too!) Your shirts will be hopelessly stained in the back and shoulder areas to remind you that you paid for the formula that your baby threw up and then ruined your $20, $30, or more shirt too! Your couch and chairs will need to be cleaned if they get puked on which usually always happens right after you've cleaned them anyway! You'll unpack your old baby clothes to use them for your new baby and still will be able to smell that "formula smell" in them! Provided any survive the pukey staining. Half of your attic will be covered in boxes of bottles, rubber nipples, pacifiers, bottle washing equipment, bottle warmers, cloth diapers for "pukey cloths" and other various formula feeding necessities! You'll be so happy when your baby reaches a year old so that you can quit buying formula and save money and finally get to clean those rugs for the last time! This is my house after four children (2 exclusively formula fed, one half and ha;f and one exclusively breastfed). I haven't even begun yet! I still have constipation, vitamins, baby food, travel disasters, allergies, asthma, eczema, ear tubes, ear infections, sinus infections and lots more to go! Been there done formula and not afraid to tell you how much it s--ks! (Sorry, I am in a great mood, MOM IS COMING! All I will hear all day is "Jennie ought to be old enough to stop breastfeeding now. You have to let her grow up sometime! (Jennie is only 19 months old!)) Another thought: I agree that ABM (although it is a habit to use those initials of mine also), is a misrepresentation of what the stuff really is. How about these ones instead: FORMULA BMS-breast milk substitute PBMS-poor breast milk substitute YBMS-yucky breast milk substitute CEBMS-chemically engineeered breast milk substitute GARBAGE-self explain Feeling like the day is going to be a LONG one, Jan, a book store is sounding like a great plan to me too these days! Melissa Brancho Who also agrees that IBCLC has no business working with formula companies regardless of their reasons!