Hi all Sometimes all that information we give the mums sinks in and we have a win. One of our mothers from the SCN I work in had done a great job expressing for her premature baby for 5 weeks and was rooming in with baby for two nights prior to going home. During our discharge discussions she shared with me that she planned to let her husband formula feed for the night feed once they went home. On the first night a little further information about the benefits of breastfeeding and the risk of formula did the trick. When I came to work the next day she told me she planned to throw out the two tins of formula she had at home so she wouldn't be tempted!! On another positive note my 13 year old son came to me yesterday and informed me they were about to study about breastfeeding in his home economics class. He apparently informed his teacher that I had a filing cabinet full of information and volunteered to bring some of it in. His offer was accepted, so his school bag is packed with a number of relevant articles. I hope the teacher reads it all and presents it well. Needless to say my son declined my offer to talk to his class-- said he would find that just too embarrassing. However its great that breastfeeding is finally finding its way into the school cirruculum. Marian Rigney RN and IBCLC candidate who is wondering if there are any other candidates sitting in Brisbane, Australia next Monday? _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.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