Hi Becky, I have a fair amount of materials in Spanish. There are several that talk about bottles -- primarily in the same context that all women deal with it. Fears that their milk isn't enough alone. Fears that the baby is nursing a lot so their milk isn't good enough. There is a tear-off sheet from La Leche League that is in English on one side, Spanish on the other. It has a section "por que no el biberon?" that shows the cycle begun with giving a bottle of formula or water. There is also a lot of good basic info on there too. It is called "Breastfeeding" (Lactancia Materna). A pad of 50 is $5.50; you can get an entire set of sample tear-off sheets for $3.00. There is a set of 6 "comic books" that is available in Spanish from LLLI also that is easy to read and understand and addresses a lot of misconceptions -- you can get 10 sets of 6 free for the cost of shipping ($10.00), or the same thing but with 5 sets in English and 5 sets in Spanish. The Spanish catalog is available online at: http://www.lalecheleague.org/Web_store/web_store.cgi?product=Spanish%20Materials&cart_id=8705117_20168 Hope this helps.....unfortunately, most of the materials available are simply translations of English materials and don't address cultural differences. I am planning to order a book written originally in Spanish soon, and will see if that is more culturally specific. Margi Becky Krumwiede wrote: > Does anyone have, or know of, a handout for Hispanic moms specifically > addressing the cultural practice of giving bottles of formula to > breastfeeding babies? We have not had many Hispanic families in our > population until recently, and I'm looking for a way to address this. > I do not seem to be very convincing that it is normal for baby to > nurse long and frequently for the first few days. About the only > success I have talking mothers out of giving the formula is with a few > multips who had significant engorgement last time; sometimes I can > convince them that not giving the formula can prevent the engorgement. > > I'm hoping for a culturally-sensitive handout that might be more > convincing, and would welcome suggestions as to how I can be more > persuasive, too! Thanks. > > Becky Krumwiede, RN, IBCLC > Appleton, Wisconsin *********************************************** 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