I recently have a friend who became a licensed day care provider.  She was
required to take a first aid class with the Red Cross.  In this class it was
taught that the day care providers should wear gloves when handling
breastmilk because of the risk of Aids.  If what I understand, you cannot
contract Aids through contact with breastmilk.  Besides being very
concerning that this is being taught by a respected authority is that many
day care providers are choosing not to accept breastfed children in their
care.  Many do not accept breastfed children because of the hassle with
being unable to microwave bottles of breastmilk, but with the supposed
danger of aids more providers are choosing not to accept bf'd babies.
Please correct me if I am wrong on this assumption.

Oh, just one small comment on the case in Eugene.  What is so upsetting to
me is that the parents have done much research on the issue of HIV and
related topics in order to make what they felt was an informed decision.  If
the parents had no clue as to why they were making the decisions they made,
I might feel differently.  I have chosen not to immunize my son at this
time.  It was a hard decision made with much research.  It is very scarry in
that I can see some of the same types of arguments being made about my
decisions...

Chad & Kate McMurry
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the kind of people who think decorating consists of
building enough book shelves."      -Anna Quindlen

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