Dear Friends: I had to go to the large (3-story) shopping mall this morning. I noticed babies and toddlers (can't help that :-).............the babies were all little packages carried or push in car seats and carriages. The toddlers were all restrained in strollers. Some babies were crying; some were being fed by a mother who sat facing them, holding the bottle while the baby was in the car seat. Other babies were plugged silent, with pacifiers. I didn't see one baby carried in arms or in a cloth carrier. The older I get, the more angry I become seeing babies plugged up! Today I noticed something else; all the toddlers were restrained, strapped into their strollers. There wasn't one single running free toddler. This scene made me remember the days with my toddler (now a taller than me 15 years old), and how I loved to take her to malls. They were perfect playgrounds: no mud and no cars; she could run to her heart's content and explore (with me watching of course) and we both had such a good time. sigh........... warmly, Nikki Lee RN, MS, Mother of 2, IBCLC, CCE Maternal-Child Adjunct Faculty Union Institute and University Film Reviews Editor, Journal of Human Lactation Support the WHO Code and the Mother-Friendly Childbirth Initiative *********************************************** 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