Janice alerted us to this phrase in an article from Nigeria:

<According to her, nursing mothers should reject such "Greek" gifts as they
were purely marketing strategy being devised by the multinational food
companies to sell their products.>

Took me a minute to figure out that she must have been referring to the
Trojan Horse story involving Helen of Troy. I believe this reference is much
more familiar in US culture than saying a "Greek" gift.

In fact, it really expresses quite colorfully a good way to make a point
about "free" diaper bags/ formula samples sent home from hospital, as well
as the uninformed choice/non-medical reason to supplement
voluntarily. First impact that comes to mind is to get the attention of
hospital personnel about what the hospital is cooperating in when allowing
this practice, as ell as for patient education by childbirth educators,
LLLL's, enlightened doctors, nurses, RD's and for possible use with WIC
clients.

Along that line, my granddaughter in the AF is in town this week, on leave
before next assignment. Got to spend a delightful morning caring for my
darling 8 month old great-grandson. Sure enough, the Mead Johnson diaper bag
is still in use!

Jean
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K. Jean Cotterman RNC, IBCLC
Dayton, OH USA

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