Cathy The Wichita General Hospital Infant feeding preference card (copyright 1992) seen in the JHL years ago (sorry don't have the ref, just part of the article in front of me) gives the main benefits as: advantages of formula fdg: allows others to assume fdg tasks; may be less inhibiting or embarrassing; can see amt taken by infant; babies usually feed less often. I I understand that these cards were used to inform parents and to have their choices respected and not undermined. However, I have a big problem with the part that says "bf w/ supplementation - advantages: supplementation allows the baby to receive nutrients if he is not able to nurse, if the mother temporarily unable to bf, or if the mother is separated from the baby. Breastmilk may be manually expressed or pumped for suppl, or formula may be used." To me, this wuold make a mother choose this option b/c she might be worried that if she were sick, unable to feed or if baby were unable to bf, that he wuold be denied food. Therefore, she might choose one of the suppl options. Laurie Wheeler, RN, MN, IBCLC Violet Louisiana, se USA ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com *********************************************** 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