To follow Diane's thread about how formula is perceived as normal and bf. is
put high in the clouds.....

I give a bf course where I live (deep in the Dutch countryside, away from
the big cities, bright lights etc). I do this in collaboration with the
local midwives who give me a list of expectant mothers - some call me for
the course and the rest I call myself. This is the interesting bit - those
who don't want to do the course say "no, I'm going to give the accustomed
bottle feeding". I hope my translation is correct - in Dutch it's 'gewoon'
which according to my dictionary means "accustomed, ordinary, the usual,
plain etc". Thus, these mothers accept artificial feeding as just plain old
normal, it's what everybody does etc.

I guess there's nothing new in this, but when you here it so many times you
realise just how ingrained and "normal" bottle feeding is.

Sara Bernard
The Netherlands
(for the Dutch lacnetters - how many times do you hear "nee, ik ga gewoon
flessvoeding geven!")

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