OK, I'm for changing my vocabulary. Quit saying "breast milk" (& variant
spellings), and begin saying "human milk" or "mother's milk" or
"mothermilk".

So now what do we call the act of enabling baby to take the milk? Do we
still say "breastfeeding"? Didn't it used to be just "feeding" prior to the
mid-1800's?

What did the various historical baby care & popular press books say? How
about the sacred books of the largest religions?

Phyllis



> <Marie Biancuzzo had an editorial on this topic a couple of years ago.
> You can download it at:
> <http://www.breastfeedingoutlook.com/editorials/2001.3-UdderTitle.pdf>
>
> I subscribe to Marie's newsletter. How could I have missed that! She
> makes an excellent point that the term 'breastmilk' sprang up precisely
> at the time artificial aby milk began to be manufactured. I urge everyone
> to read the whole editorial. The formula manufacturers' have continued to
> be aware of it all along, and ever so much so when they named their
> product for enriching human milk for premies. Did they name it
> "Breastmilk Fortifier"? No! They named it "Human Milk Fortifier", thus
> killing two birds with one stone-meeting a perceived need by neonatal
> practitioners for something to help the frail premie, plus duping parents
> and professionals alike that with a name like that, it no doubt must be
> actually made from human milk!! NOT!
>
> Jean
> ************
> K. Jean Cotterman RNC, IBCLC
> Dayton, Ohio USA
>


--- Phyllis Adamson, IBCLC, RLC
--- Glendale, AZ, USA
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