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"Barbara Leshin-Zucker, BA, IBCLC." <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 19 Jan 1996 23:13:47 -0500
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        I just MUST say one more word about the work done at WIC to add to
Pat's eloquent post.  Not only does WIC provide ABM-not to reiterat all the
valid points Pat made, but it provides supplementary food to pregnant women
and children under age 5.  AND it provides nutrition education to all the
women who come into the clinics.  Sitting at a site this week I heard
gentle, kind information about koolaid and/or coke in a toddler's bottle,
cereal being fed to a 2 week old (also in a bottle), low fat suggestions for
an overweight woman, high calorie suggestions for a underweight woman and
recipes being shared for toddlers.  Nutrition education is a priority for
WIC. Our agency does NOT promote solids at 4 months or weaning at a year.
Maybe that is an individual agency's decision.
         It's not only ABM that is given.  It's kindness, compassion and
empathy for women having a hard time making it in this day and age.
        I feel great pride in my collegues at WIC and am happy to have my
name associated with the program.  I am also VERY, VERY proud of all our
Peer Counselors (we call them Breastfeeding Buddies!)
        (Slowly stepping off my high horse......)
Barbara Leshin-Zucker, IBCLC
Highland Mills, NY
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