my oldest son asks me every day, what's new on lactnet. so when i told him about COLiC, he was thrilled, and wants to be a member. then there should also be SPOLCs, that is, spouses of LCs, because they occupy a special category. someone i rarely talk with called, and i mentioned my newly minted IBCLC status, and he was very thrilled. his ex-wife is a childbirth educator and knows a lot about lactation, and according to him, his level of knowledge about breastfeeding is high. in fact, he claimed he knew more about breastfeeding just from having been married to her, than 95% of the men in the united states. i fear he is right . . . . the COLiC children at this house were watching john glenn being sent back into space. my daughter decided that nursing was an appropriate activity to accompany the lift-off, and i jokingly asked her when she would quit. she thought very seriously for a moment and said "when i am twenty" (that would certainly make the teenage years nice, eh?). her older brother (9) said, well, *i* quit when i was four (she is five). then he asked when the oldest brother weaned, and i told him "almost three." after a moment of shocked silence, my 9 year old son Leo said, with great seriousness, "well, that's TOO early." ain't they smart. carol brussel IBCLC dreading the snow