In a message dated 97-05-26 00:05:09 EDT, you write:

<< Thank you for identifying extended or prolonged as NORMAL.  However,
 what about "natural" nursing period, for those that may think that normal is
 two weeks.  We can only hope to educate...               Debbie
  >>
Debbie, I prefer the word Normal to Natural.  The word natural seems to bring
up images of whole wheat flour, organic veggies and Birkenstocks.  Many
people don't aspire to that level of commitment to health.  It seems
expensive, time-consuming, and uncommon.

Just as the word *special* denotes time-consuming, un-common, not ordinary.

The word *normal* means this is the way it should be.  Anything else is,
well, less than it should be.  Normal feeding is feeding baby at the breast.
 Anything else is time-consuming, expensive, and uncommon.

Watching my language,
Jeanne Fisher
Austin, TX