We also discussed gold ribbon for promoting breastfeeding, last National Breastfeeding Week (we'll be celebrating our ninth this August). It was suggested that we stick to a colour that could also be used for print (gold is expensive) and we are trying out shocking pink. Colourful and attracts attention. Our "Think Baby-Friendly" folders have a pink logo. In Johannesburg, shocking pink certificates of attendance are given to course participants and they are encouraged to stick them up on office bulletin boards. Co-incidentally, WABA used shocking pink for their "Thank You" postcards sent out at the end of last year. They looked really good. We haven't done any follow-up to see if people are actually identifying pink with Bf promotion (like red for AIDS, yellow for disabled). I wish someone with great marketing skills (not a BMS rep.) would offer their services free! In an article discussing the need to revise growth charts, Dr Pete Cooper, Senior Paediatrician at Baragwanath Hospital, says "Few people would dispute that breastfeeding is the "gold standard" against which other feeding practices should be measured. Thus it would seem reasonable to accept that the growth pattern demonstrated by breastfed infants are more "normal" than those standards in current use today." Hi to the South African lactnetters no longer resident in S.A. (I've tracked two of you - any others?). Regards, Lynn. -- Lynn Enraght-Moony [log in to unmask] Phone: +27 11 782-4100 Fax: +27 11 888-1086 Snail: P O Box 222, Auckland Park, Johannesburg, 2006, SOUTH AFRICA