In a message dated 96-06-01 11:06:19 EDT, you write:

>Subject: NORMALITY OF BREASTFEEDING
>
>I could not resist sharing one anecdote from my trip (a few years back) to
>Nairobi, Kenya.  During a brief respite for assessing hospitals, we visited
>a local market.  People were milling around all the little stalls where
>people were selling all kinds of things (I got a large woven bag there).  I
Re Nairobi, KA writes:
> I was the ONLY one who appeared to notice a mother who lifted a breast from
>her dress (through the scooped neck in front) and allowed her BIG nearly
>toddler baby (I estimated about 11 mo old) to suckle.  No one else batted
>an eye

How lovely! This is my dream for the US and everywhere.  And if the little
one reached in for the breast or raised Mama's shirt, I'm sure that wouldn't
be noticed either.

Laurie Wheeler