Maybe I am slow, but I have to stop mid-sentence and sort out what people are talking about each time I come to acronyms like AIM, ABM, BM (which I hate), etc. Stinky canned liquid manufactured baby food-like simulation (SCLMBFLS?) is a formulated substance, hence "formula", and what comes out of the breast is milk. Everyone is at least aware of what you are talking about when you say "formula". I know I've begging for standardization of this in the past, but part of our prob. as a profession is disagreement over nomenclature. I don't care WHAT we call the stuff, but I wish we all called it by the same name. Barbara Wilson-Clay BSEd, IBCLC Austin Lactation Associates http://www.lactnews.com *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html