Hi all... I was called a zealot - in public, no less - for suggesting that "increasing breastfeeding to 75%" could also be seen as "reducing artificial feeding to 25%" and for putting the concept of "risks of artificial feeding" in writing instead of continuing to use the term "benefits of breastfeeding." This incident took place in 1992, just before my granddaughter was born, which was another life-changing experience. Martha Brower started calling me Granny Zealot. I thought to myself - you want zealot? I'll show you zealot! and have never been the same ever since. Recently an old acquaintance of my husbands' dropped in somewhat unexepctedly. I've never liked this guy, who happens to be a Catholic priest doing mostly fundraising for his order's missionary work. (Didn't like him before he was ordained, either). He asked me, with somewhat of a lecherous sneer, "Are you still doing your breastfeeding thing?" I replied in a coldly calculated even voice, "Of course - this is my job and career." I didn't think fast enough, or would have shot back "Are you still doing your priest thing?" His remark would have been insulting coming from anyone. He's the sort of jerk who gives priests a bad name, and I don't mean to criticize priests by sharing this story. Linda Smith, aka Granny Zealot, "still doing my breastfeeding thing" in Dayton OH where it's still summer.