Nikki said: <<Pat wonders why it takes so long. I've heard that it takes 17 years for > something to move from research to practice.>> There was actually an article in Pediatrics several years ago that said this very thing -- 17 years to put research into practice -- so that number actually comes from somewhere. I think about the work done by Anne Marie Widstrom and Lennart Righard about babies being able to self attach -- 1990 -- the video that was done about babies crawling to the breast (circa 1994) in the delivery room....and yet we really didn't pay much attention to it until Suzanne Colson did her work on biological nurturing in 2008. Though Tina Smillie had that lovely video out on The Mother Baby Dance earlier than that. But look how long that has taken!! Jan Barger, RN, MA, IBCLC, FILCA Wheaton IL *********************************************** 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