Went to conference today and one of the discussions of course was the differences between formula and bm. This conference really made me think and it was interesting. While I was there I thought about when I went to WIC in the Bronx a little while back. While I was there I luckily observed a consultation. Mother commented that she gave one bottle a day of formula and that her baby(I think 3 weeks old) didn't like the formula. I asked if she ever tasted formula. She said no. The LC then shortly explained how formula is made. You know, they take the cow milk and dry it out and then put all that stuff in it. Well, anyway I have tried formula and bm because I felt I should test and sample them out. EEEWWWW formula is gross. Breast milk is truelly sweet. (it was my own). I know some of you have tried it. It may be interesting to ask mothers to try them and see what they say if and when they do. I feel that formula is fast food and bm is a steak. : ) Another thought, isn't it interesting to hear how some mothers gave numbers of formulas to their baby because of allergies but they never tried the tailor made to humans...breast milk? Hmmmm? Breastfeeding: A Woman's Choice? This was a great article created by a student, a woman. I think it was at Cornell. I found it on the internet one day. Couldn't find it for you because I think the articles on the site expire after a certain time. I would scan it but my scanner doesn't work. Sorry. It generally says that breastfeeding is very natural, womanly and feminine. When a mother gives birth to her baby there are all these outside influences - medical professionals, friends, family, formula ads that discourage her from doing what comes so natural to a new mother and that is to nurse. Just wanted to share this with all of you Claudine *********************************************** 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(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html