In a message dated 9/29/98 6:58:10 PM Central Daylight Time,
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<< Date:    Tue, 29 Sep 1998 14:20:54 -0400
 From:    "Warren, Catherine" <[log in to unmask]>
 Subject: Formula Marketing & Babies R Us
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 I also saw the Babies R Us ad and was very dismayed.  Recently I attended a
 Baby Faire sponsored by Babies R Us in the Atlanta Area.  I was dismayed at
 the lack of support to breastfeeding. There were formula and bottle
 manufacturers all over the convention floor, but no breastfeeding
 information anywhere.

 I am presently trying to get in touch with them to see if this is an event
 planned for future years and how to get some breastfeeding resources to be
 represented.  It seemed like they were really pushing the formula all over
 the place.

 As a newcomer to the Lactation Consultant field (but have been breastfeeding
 for the last few years) I was really surprised and did a good bit of
 educating on my own that afternoon with my daughter in the sling nursing
 quite happily - I got a lot of questions from pregnant women (and a few
 husbands) about the sling and my nursing top.  Hopefully I showed them that
 it's not a hard thing to do!

 Catherine Jones Warren
 (anxiously awaiting the results of the Certified Lactation Counselor class I
 just took to join the ranks of CLC's)
 Creative Expressions Breastfeeding Support Services
 Acworth, Georgia USA  (Near Atlanta, Georgia)

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As far as Babies/Toys are Us  goes, you can call your local (USA) store and
they will be glad to give you the toll-free number of their corporate offices.
If you dial this number and select the extention listed for charitable
contriibutions you can hear a very pleasant recording about how "they" are
contributing to non-profit organizations which benefit child health and
education causes.  However, I have "jumped through their hoops" for two years
now attempting to gain some monetary support for my local La Leche League
group to no avail.  First year they mailed out a box of First Aid for infants
and Toddlers pamphlets (yea-yea-yea). This year, I received a thanks but no
thanks letter.   Maybe we can target them with a flood of BF info and
statistics. Until I see a change, maybe even just stocking BF aids like breast
pads...I will not be sharing my wealh with them.

Laura Wright
LLL Leader, ACLA
WIC Lactation Specialist
IBCLC wannabe
Mother of Dacia 4 and Hannah 1.5 yrs both still BF!
Jackson, MS  USA