Norma's point is well taken about not offending non-BF moms. Perhaps she has come up with the best term for "formula", namely 'that other stuff'. Would it be effective when dealing with a perspective mom to say." How do you plan to feed your baby, Breastmilk or that other stuff?" This avoids giving the explaination that ABM is not about missles, it might be about a group of Doctors, and the PIMP and CR_P ultranegative acronyms. Yet STUFF carries just enough shock value to cause the listener to pause and think "Now what to they mean other stuff?" It also leads to a short pronoucable acronym for those of us in the BF world that we can use in our conversations with each other ........TOS "That Other Stuff or The Other Stuff." One could even add another 'S' create "TOSS" for "That Other Substitue Stuff." Stuff is also a good word because it not only creates distance from "formula" it also creates a separate image than MILK. I'm sure most of us would hesitate to call N_tr_m_g_n "milk" if we drank it. We would probably call it.....That awful tasting STUFF. I will hereby conduct my own unscientific and survey of biased LACTNET participants. Lets not clutter up LACTNET too much with more and more and more posts about alternative terms. Please send me private email about your favorite term for things other than Breastmilk. I will compile the results and post them to LACTNET later this year. Lets try to be practical and select the terms that we could use anywhere. (CR_P obvisously would not be used to a non BFing mom. Please select your vote for the ONE term you most prefer and email privatly to me. ABM (Artifical Baby Milk) FORMULA CANNED MILK TOSS (That Other Substitute Stuff) TOS (That Other Stuff) PIMP (Processed Infant Milk Product) PMP (Processed Milk Product) AM (Artificial Milk) AHM (Artificial Human Milk) BMA (Breast Milk Alternative) BMS (Breast Milk Substitute) <<<also means Bristol Myers Squib!>>> ARP (Artificial Replacement Product) NHM (Non Human Milk) HMR (Human Milk Replacement) RHM (Replacement Human Milk) AIP (Artificial Infant Product) ABP(Artificial Baby Product) PAM (Processed Alternative/Artifical Milk) PSM (Processed Substitute Milk) AIM (Artificial Infant Milk) ASM (Artificial Substitute Milk) SBM (Substitute Baby Milk) SBM (Substitute Breast Milk) SIM (Substitute Infant Milk) SHM (Substitute Human Milk) SM (Substitute Milk) SLP (Substitute Lactation Product) SFS (Substitute Feeding Substance) AMP (Alternative Milk Product) AIDS (Artificial Infant Dietary Substitute) (Oh no! that would never work either!) WRITE IN CHOICE_____________________________ I look forward to replying later on these results. Email to: [log in to unmask] ******************************************************************** * Jon Ahrendsen, M.D. FAAFP, LLLI Medical Associate * * 215 13th Ave SW * * Clarion, Iowa 50525 USA * * 515-532-2836, FAX 532-2523, Email [log in to unmask] * ******************************************************************** *