Gonneke  says:
 
<<In my  mothertongue, the commonday name for humanmilk is ''mothermilk''  
(''moedermelk''), but still it is, by the larger part of people around here  
considered to be a wonderfull substance for a woman's own child, but a ''yuck''  
to all other human beings. I am tending to use the Dutch equivalent for human  
milk (''mensenmelk'') more and more and refer to moms and babies as ''human  
moms'' and ''human babies'', and to AIM as ''animal milk based feeding'' or  
''plant based feeding''. Many mother appear to be surprised that AIM actually 
is  just modified animal milk.>>


 
 
A thought.  Using the  term "cow milk formula" doesn't really strike mothers 
because most all of us  drink cow milk in one form or another -- especially 
when it comes in the form of  Culver's frozen custard...mmmm....(I have NO 
financial interest in the company,  unfortunately).
 
But since we do tend to refer  to human milk as  breastmilk, perhaps we 
should start referring  to formula simply as the "udder milk."  




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(")_(") Jan Barger RN, MA,  IBCLC
Wheaton IL
_Lactation Education  Consultants_ 
(http://www.lactationeducationconsultants.com/)  






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