Hi All, I love this thread!! I come from a long family history of bottle feeding. I was 17 yrs. old when my uncle married a Korean woman. I really liked her from the beginning and when she had her first baby---I witnessed breastfeeding for the first time. I thought it was awesome!! As this baby grew, I noticed my aunt really parented differently than anyone else I knew. She concentrated on meeting the baby's needs and worked her daily routine to accomodate him---instead of making him adjust his schedule to fit her routine. She would often speak "for" her baby--saying things like, "Mommy do not put me down, there is nothing here to look at and I want to go with you". She taught me much. She also practiced family bed (though I did not know there was a name for it back then) and usually "wore" her child in a make-shift sling. Anyway, she was my inspiration 16 yrs ago when I had my first child---I already "knew" that breastfeeding and attachment parenting were the way to go---this wonderful lady had shown me the path. Pam Holland, IBCLC Savannnah, GA