Dear Nikki

What a story ::sigh:: Thank you for sharing it...and welcome to my world
:-)  You've just described, more or less, that which I have been seeing
every day for the last 10 years....

Regina

-----Original Message-----
From: Nikki Lee [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
Sent: Friday, February 17, 2006 7:18 PM
Subject: mother from Guatemala (long)

Dear Friends:
    I visited a young, first time mother today who has  no insurance.
She and 
her family are living with her cousin's family.
    Times are hard in Guatemala; a man can work all day  and earn $5,
not 
enough to feed a family. She, one of 11 children, got to finish  3rd
grade, and 
then had to stay home and help her mother. Her cousin translated  for
us, as 
she doesn't speak English and my Spanish is not all that  helpful.
    She is breastfeeding on both sides, then giving 2  ounces of formula

because she is interpreting a cluster pattern as meaning she  doesn't
have enough 
milk.

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