Greetings-- My Internet provider managed to mess up my e-mail account and I've gone a whole week without e-mail, hence no Lactnet. Serious withdrawal pangs. I did take advantage of that down time, however, to read Kathy Dettwyler's new book (co-edited with Patricia Stuart-Macadam): Breastfeeding: Biocultural Perspectives and want to rave about it to everyone. The chapter on weaning is extremely interesting, as is the chapter on co-sleeping and SIDS. Actually, ALL the chapters are great and very readable. This is a fabulous text that I hope every medical and nursing student, especially (along with budding anthropologists, of course) will have assigned. Looking at breastfeeding from a cultural/anthropological perspective just gives such a different slant on the whole topic. If you haven't seen the book, give yourself a Christmas/Hannukah present and get it. Am I excited about this book? You bet! Leslie Ayre-Jaschke, BEd, IBCLC Peace River Breastfeeding Clinic Peace River Alberta, Canada