I'm sending this on behalf of Laurie who had used up her posts for the day. Laurie writes: Kim For the record, it was me, not Nikki Lee, who said "let the families buy their own formula." Rachel back now - It was in the final paragraph of Laurie's post of Friday April 16 on 'wic status and relating to bf in hospital' cut and pasted below for reference: Laurie wrote: "I am not anti-WIC, it is supposed to be a nutrition program. I really think the WIC program should focus on the nutrition education for families, healthy diets, obesity prevention and the like; give more groceries, baby foods perhaps at 6 months, and breastfeeding support. Perhaps specialty formulas for metabolic issues. But LET THE FAMILIES BUY THEIR OWN FORMULA. My understanding is WIC started at a time that help for dairy farmers was needed, so there is a focus on the milk. This has to stop in my humble opinion." *********************************************** Archives: http://community.lsoft.com/archives/LACTNET.html To reach list owners: [log in to unmask] Mail all list management commands to: [log in to unmask] COMMANDS: 1. To temporarily stop your subscription write in the body of an email: set lactnet nomail 2. To start it again: set lactnet mail 3. To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet 4. To get a comprehensive list of rules and directions: get lactnet welcome