I just want to mention, after reading some of the postings on this topic, that the idea of having a place to put the baby where you don't have to pick her up and touch her all the time is *not* new. Look at all the centuries' old woodcuts, etc. of cottages with baby cradles. You could rock those with your foot while you were spinning with a non-treadle spinning wheel, or doing other domestic chores. I have even seen a reproduction of a cradle with a feeding horn (animal horn) attached -- the original propped bottle. I have just reread Lois Lenski's 'Indian Captive', a fictionalised account of Mary Jemison, who was captured on the frontier as a girl in the 18th century by the Seneca. The drawings show, and text refers to, how Seneca babies were put in the cradleboard and hung up while their mothers worked. (Lenski's story is felt to be closer to authentic Seneca practice than many of the Jemison re-tellings). Wouldn't it be great if baby buckets were a totally new thing? Then we might hope to wait long enough to see them flop. Unfortuately, I think they, or the other things which have filled their niche, have been around for some time. Magda Sachs Breastfeeding Supporter, BfN , UK *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html