Joyce wrote, << Yes, it's given us another opportunity to educate the community about breastfeeding. But this situation is, IMO, about FAR more issues than breastfeeding. >> I agree with you Joyce, that there is a lot more going on there. And though at first I was proud of the bf advocates that flew to Tabitha Walrond's defense, now I am even ambivalent about that. Think about it: the prosecution makes a case -- apparently a pretty strong case -- for straight neglect, and the DEFENSE says, No, it was breastfeeding failure, bf is so hard that a mother could starve her child and never know it. And whose side does the infant feeding community -- meaning, me, and most of you -- flock to? I have a bad feeling that we, as a group, were on the wrong side of this one. We were so quick not to let a bf mother be blamed, that we would have effectively let her blame bf instead of herself. I myself will think differently about these cases next time, sad to say. Pensive in NYC, Elisheva *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html