I can remember when I started teaching breastfeeding in the late 80's
and so much of what I was taught was wrong - feed 1 min per side day one,
2 min per side day 2-supplement with formula at the drop of a hat,
remember those days. And in my state of self-rightous ignorance I thought
of LLL as a bunch of fanatics. If I had the term breast feeding Nazi, I
don't think I would have used it, but it certainly speaks to the
fanatacism I mistakenly believed was present. I think that in order to
break through myth and misinformation requires stregnth and determination
which can easily be mistaken for lunacy by the ill-informed. At least
we're not being imprisoned or burned at the stake and I think that the
name calling will stop when everyone perceives the truth behind the
conviction, which will only come from constant education and pressure -
thus leaving us open to sllegations of obsession. But it will change!
Kathy Lilleskov RN IBCLC
Brooklyn
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