I Second that, Pat.
Why "let him eat on me" (actual mom statement) when she can put the kid in the baby bucket and lay a bottle on baby's chest with the nipple in his mouth? That way he can eat and mom can continue her travels.
It's the Yuck factor: "eat on me" or "suck on me" attitude.
Phyllis

---- Pat Young <[log in to unmask]> wrote: 
> > (When folks understand how complex bottle-feeding is, and the message 
> > gets
> > out, that kind of takes the 'convenience' factor out of the equation, 
> > no?)
> Hasn't yet :-(  Seems that a bottle, even  if a lot of work, isn't as bad as 
> <gasp> tying yourself to a baby's every whim and cry (popular US view of 
> BF).  We have to teach them to be independent you know :-)  Pat in SNJ 
> 
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Phyllis Adamson, IBCLC, RLC
Glendale, AZ.
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