Hi All Here in Australia(at least in New South Wales) ,we have Early Childhood Health Centres which are staffed by specially trained nurses to see babies & children up to 5 years. They run mothers groups,check growth & development & help with feeding(including breastfeeding) & sleep & settling problems(among other things). Did you ever, or do any of you have something similar in your countries?I am guessing this is not the case in the US from what you have been writing. These centres could (& sometimes are) a great opportunity to promote breastfeeding,but unfortunately this is not always (or even often in some areas) the case.Change is slow & formula as being of no harm is still deeply entrenched in some areas.It is quite disheartening to work in a maternity hospital where the majority start out breastfeeding & then work in the community & see how briefly they continue to breastfeed(though i have noticed a slight shift lately. Interested to hear what happens in your part of the world. Anne Fox IBCLC... Australia -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ . *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] 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