Debbie Boehle has put her finger on it. The oNLY way to get through to the formula pushers and the secondary pushers (in her case, the American Baby source) is to inform them you will carry NONE of their products if they do not stop pushing formula, NOT the best infant food for human infants. At least one article in Clinical Pedaitrics questioned the practice of hopsitals giving out all those freebies and the author was not just referring to formula, in fact, I don't think it was mentioned. He did mention shampoos, etc. His point was WHY ARE WE PRE_SELLING THIS THINGS? Good question. Why is it that mothers must be pre-sold to buy things? In my experience, they need no incentives to purchase things for their babies. That being the case, why would childbirth educators give them out? Is their help, support, and information not sufficient to convince their clients to refer others to them? Just thought I would ask. Def. of LC service: "We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations." Kathleen G. Auerbach,PhD, IBCLC (Homewood, IL)- [log in to unmask]