RE: [Fwd: [BTLdiapering] OT: Motherhood Stores]

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 8/31/00 5:17:13 PM Central Daylight Time,

helminger@... writes:

<< According to

> other message boards, Motherhood hands over the addresses of customers to

> Ross >>

Being a former employee of Motherhood I can tell you Motherhood does not

simply hand over your information, at least they are not supposed to, The

Employee taking your info is supposed to ASK wether you want to join the

Welcome Additions club, if you received Welcome Adittion club sample without

having asked for them You need to inform your local motherhood's Manager.

-Llanda

Mommy to 4/4/2000

" I am in shape. Round is a shape. "

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 8/31/00 5:17:13 PM Central Daylight Time,

helminger@... writes:

<< According to

> other message boards, Motherhood hands over the addresses of customers to

> Ross >>

Being a former employee of Motherhood I can tell you Motherhood does not

simply hand over your information, at least they are not supposed to, The

Employee taking your info is supposed to ASK wether you want to join the

Welcome Additions club, if you received Welcome Adittion club sample without

having asked for them You need to inform your local motherhood's Manager.

-Llanda

Mommy to 4/4/2000

" I am in shape. Round is a shape. "

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 8/31/00 5:17:13 PM Central Daylight Time,

helminger@... writes:

<< According to

> other message boards, Motherhood hands over the addresses of customers to

> Ross >>

Being a former employee of Motherhood I can tell you Motherhood does not

simply hand over your information, at least they are not supposed to, The

Employee taking your info is supposed to ASK wether you want to join the

Welcome Additions club, if you received Welcome Adittion club sample without

having asked for them You need to inform your local motherhood's Manager.

-Llanda

Mommy to 4/4/2000

" I am in shape. Round is a shape. "

[Guest guest]

I received two boxes of formula products after giving my information to a

Motherhood store (I thought I would receive catalogs. I still have them and

don't

know what to do with them.

S.

Margaret Potter wrote:

>

> Another opportunity to be an advocate for corporate responsibilty...Please

> write Mothers Work letter regarding their partnership with Abbott ,

> manufacturer of Ross Infant Formulas.

>

> Give the Gift of Life Breastfeed!

> http://www.lactivist.com

>

> ------------------------------------------------------------------------

>

> Subject: [bTLdiapering] OT: Motherhood Stores

> Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 15:38:22 -0400

>

> Reply-To: BTLdiaperingegroups

> To: <BTLdiaperingegroups>

>

> Thanks for the forward . I wasn't sure if I could forward it to

> this list.

>

> Read the press release from Motherhood about Ross Laboratories, makers of

> Similac, being their new sponsors in the area of education. According to

> other message boards, Motherhood hands over the addresses of customers to

> Ross who then sends out samples in violation of the International Code of

> Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes. In-store customers also report that

> free infant formula and advertising sits on cash register counters in some

> stores. The site:

>

> http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/000504/pa_mothers_1.html

>

>

> Mama to 2 yr old BF, CD, AP Amy - who will not shop with Motherhood or its

> affiliates until they stop violating the code.

>

> World-wide Cloth Diapering Resource Pages:

> http://www.borntolove.com/d-list.shtml

> 330+ mail-order sources - world-wide! Plus - company and diaper product

reviews - menstrual resources - dozens of online article links and so much more!

>

> NEW! Worldwide Parenting Resources Search Engine:

> http://link.freesitestuff.com/?born2luv

> An easy way to search for your favourite online companies, articles and

resources. Plus you can add your favourite links to share with others!

--

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Having power over yourself is an inoculation

against the power of others.

- J. Ehrlich

The reason doctors are so dangerous is that they believe

in what they're doing.

- S. Mendelsohn

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[Guest guest]

I received two boxes of formula products after giving my information to a

Motherhood store (I thought I would receive catalogs. I still have them and

don't

know what to do with them.

S.

Margaret Potter wrote:

>

> Another opportunity to be an advocate for corporate responsibilty...Please

> write Mothers Work letter regarding their partnership with Abbott ,

> manufacturer of Ross Infant Formulas.

>

> Give the Gift of Life Breastfeed!

> http://www.lactivist.com

>

> ------------------------------------------------------------------------

>

> Subject: [bTLdiapering] OT: Motherhood Stores

> Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 15:38:22 -0400

>

> Reply-To: BTLdiaperingegroups

> To: <BTLdiaperingegroups>

>

> Thanks for the forward . I wasn't sure if I could forward it to

> this list.

>

> Read the press release from Motherhood about Ross Laboratories, makers of

> Similac, being their new sponsors in the area of education. According to

> other message boards, Motherhood hands over the addresses of customers to

> Ross who then sends out samples in violation of the International Code of

> Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes. In-store customers also report that

> free infant formula and advertising sits on cash register counters in some

> stores. The site:

>

> http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/000504/pa_mothers_1.html

>

>

> Mama to 2 yr old BF, CD, AP Amy - who will not shop with Motherhood or its

> affiliates until they stop violating the code.

>

> World-wide Cloth Diapering Resource Pages:

> http://www.borntolove.com/d-list.shtml

> 330+ mail-order sources - world-wide! Plus - company and diaper product

reviews - menstrual resources - dozens of online article links and so much more!

>

> NEW! Worldwide Parenting Resources Search Engine:

> http://link.freesitestuff.com/?born2luv

> An easy way to search for your favourite online companies, articles and

resources. Plus you can add your favourite links to share with others!

--

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Having power over yourself is an inoculation

against the power of others.

- J. Ehrlich

The reason doctors are so dangerous is that they believe

in what they're doing.

- S. Mendelsohn

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[Guest guest]

I received two boxes of formula products after giving my information to a

Motherhood store (I thought I would receive catalogs. I still have them and

don't

know what to do with them.

S.

Margaret Potter wrote:

>

> Another opportunity to be an advocate for corporate responsibilty...Please

> write Mothers Work letter regarding their partnership with Abbott ,

> manufacturer of Ross Infant Formulas.

>

> Give the Gift of Life Breastfeed!

> http://www.lactivist.com

>

> ------------------------------------------------------------------------

>

> Subject: [bTLdiapering] OT: Motherhood Stores

> Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 15:38:22 -0400

>

> Reply-To: BTLdiaperingegroups

> To: <BTLdiaperingegroups>

>

> Thanks for the forward . I wasn't sure if I could forward it to

> this list.

>

> Read the press release from Motherhood about Ross Laboratories, makers of

> Similac, being their new sponsors in the area of education. According to

> other message boards, Motherhood hands over the addresses of customers to

> Ross who then sends out samples in violation of the International Code of

> Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes. In-store customers also report that

> free infant formula and advertising sits on cash register counters in some

> stores. The site:

>

> http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/000504/pa_mothers_1.html

>

>

> Mama to 2 yr old BF, CD, AP Amy - who will not shop with Motherhood or its

> affiliates until they stop violating the code.

>

> World-wide Cloth Diapering Resource Pages:

> http://www.borntolove.com/d-list.shtml

> 330+ mail-order sources - world-wide! Plus - company and diaper product

reviews - menstrual resources - dozens of online article links and so much more!

>

> NEW! Worldwide Parenting Resources Search Engine:

> http://link.freesitestuff.com/?born2luv

> An easy way to search for your favourite online companies, articles and

resources. Plus you can add your favourite links to share with others!

--

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Having power over yourself is an inoculation

against the power of others.

- J. Ehrlich

The reason doctors are so dangerous is that they believe

in what they're doing.

- S. Mendelsohn

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[Guest guest]

Shelby,

I am not of the same mind as most and don't believe you should donate them.

Free formula is available all too readily already. My suggestion is to

write a nice but heated letter and send the whole thing back to the formula

company.

Wendi

http://www.lactivist.com

breastfeeding resources and info

[bTLdiapering] OT: Motherhood Stores

> Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 15:38:22 -0400

>

> Reply-To: BTLdiaperingegroups

> To: <BTLdiaperingegroups>

>

> Thanks for the forward . I wasn't sure if I could forward it to

> this list.

>

> Read the press release from Motherhood about Ross Laboratories, makers of

> Similac, being their new sponsors in the area of education. According to

> other message boards, Motherhood hands over the addresses of customers to

> Ross who then sends out samples in violation of the International Code of

> Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes. In-store customers also report that

> free infant formula and advertising sits on cash register counters in some

> stores. The site:

>

> http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/000504/pa_mothers_1.html

>

>

> Mama to 2 yr old BF, CD, AP Amy - who will not shop with Motherhood or its

> affiliates until they stop violating the code.

>

> World-wide Cloth Diapering Resource Pages:

> http://www.borntolove.com/d-list.shtml

> 330+ mail-order sources - world-wide! Plus - company and diaper product

reviews - menstrual resources - dozens of online article links and so much

more!

>

> NEW! Worldwide Parenting Resources Search Engine:

> http://link.freesitestuff.com/?born2luv

> An easy way to search for your favourite online companies, articles and

resources. Plus you can add your favourite links to share with others!

--

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

~~

Having power over yourself is an inoculation

against the power of others.

- J. Ehrlich

The reason doctors are so dangerous is that they believe

in what they're doing.

- S. Mendelsohn

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

~~

Give the Gift of Life Breastfeed!

http://www.lactivist.com

[Guest guest]

Shelby,

I am not of the same mind as most and don't believe you should donate them.

Free formula is available all too readily already. My suggestion is to

write a nice but heated letter and send the whole thing back to the formula

company.

Wendi

http://www.lactivist.com

breastfeeding resources and info

[bTLdiapering] OT: Motherhood Stores

> Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 15:38:22 -0400

>

> Reply-To: BTLdiaperingegroups

> To: <BTLdiaperingegroups>

>

> Thanks for the forward . I wasn't sure if I could forward it to

> this list.

>

> Read the press release from Motherhood about Ross Laboratories, makers of

> Similac, being their new sponsors in the area of education. According to

> other message boards, Motherhood hands over the addresses of customers to

> Ross who then sends out samples in violation of the International Code of

> Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes. In-store customers also report that

> free infant formula and advertising sits on cash register counters in some

> stores. The site:

>

> http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/000504/pa_mothers_1.html

>

>

> Mama to 2 yr old BF, CD, AP Amy - who will not shop with Motherhood or its

> affiliates until they stop violating the code.

>

> World-wide Cloth Diapering Resource Pages:

> http://www.borntolove.com/d-list.shtml

> 330+ mail-order sources - world-wide! Plus - company and diaper product

reviews - menstrual resources - dozens of online article links and so much

more!

>

> NEW! Worldwide Parenting Resources Search Engine:

> http://link.freesitestuff.com/?born2luv

> An easy way to search for your favourite online companies, articles and

resources. Plus you can add your favourite links to share with others!

--

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

~~

Having power over yourself is an inoculation

against the power of others.

- J. Ehrlich

The reason doctors are so dangerous is that they believe

in what they're doing.

- S. Mendelsohn

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

~~

Give the Gift of Life Breastfeed!

http://www.lactivist.com

[Guest guest]

Shelby,

I am not of the same mind as most and don't believe you should donate them.

Free formula is available all too readily already. My suggestion is to

write a nice but heated letter and send the whole thing back to the formula

company.

Wendi

http://www.lactivist.com

breastfeeding resources and info

[bTLdiapering] OT: Motherhood Stores

> Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 15:38:22 -0400

>

> Reply-To: BTLdiaperingegroups

> To: <BTLdiaperingegroups>

>

> Thanks for the forward . I wasn't sure if I could forward it to

> this list.

>

> Read the press release from Motherhood about Ross Laboratories, makers of

> Similac, being their new sponsors in the area of education. According to

> other message boards, Motherhood hands over the addresses of customers to

> Ross who then sends out samples in violation of the International Code of

> Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes. In-store customers also report that

> free infant formula and advertising sits on cash register counters in some

> stores. The site:

>

> http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/000504/pa_mothers_1.html

>

>

> Mama to 2 yr old BF, CD, AP Amy - who will not shop with Motherhood or its

> affiliates until they stop violating the code.

>

> World-wide Cloth Diapering Resource Pages:

> http://www.borntolove.com/d-list.shtml

> 330+ mail-order sources - world-wide! Plus - company and diaper product

reviews - menstrual resources - dozens of online article links and so much

more!

>

> NEW! Worldwide Parenting Resources Search Engine:

> http://link.freesitestuff.com/?born2luv

> An easy way to search for your favourite online companies, articles and

resources. Plus you can add your favourite links to share with others!

--

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

~~

Having power over yourself is an inoculation

against the power of others.

- J. Ehrlich

The reason doctors are so dangerous is that they believe

in what they're doing.

- S. Mendelsohn

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

~~

Give the Gift of Life Breastfeed!

http://www.lactivist.com

[Guest guest]

Llanda,

The huge difficulty I have with that is that breastfeeding mothers aren't

offered a substitute pack. If they don't want the formula, they miss out on

anything free! Formula feeding and bottle feeding in our society are

rewarded and breastfeeding is not!

Wendi

http://www.lactivist.com

breastfeeding resources and info

Re: [Fwd: [bTLdiapering] OT: Motherhood Stores]

In a message dated 8/31/00 5:17:13 PM Central Daylight Time,

helminger@... writes:

<< According to

> other message boards, Motherhood hands over the addresses of customers to

> Ross >>

Being a former employee of Motherhood I can tell you Motherhood does not

simply hand over your information, at least they are not supposed to, The

Employee taking your info is supposed to ASK wether you want to join the

Welcome Additions club, if you received Welcome Adittion club sample without

having asked for them You need to inform your local motherhood's Manager.

-Llanda

Mommy to 4/4/2000

" I am in shape. Round is a shape. "

Give the Gift of Life Breastfeed!

http://www.lactivist.com

[Guest guest]

Llanda,

The huge difficulty I have with that is that breastfeeding mothers aren't

offered a substitute pack. If they don't want the formula, they miss out on

anything free! Formula feeding and bottle feeding in our society are

rewarded and breastfeeding is not!

Wendi

http://www.lactivist.com

breastfeeding resources and info

Re: [Fwd: [bTLdiapering] OT: Motherhood Stores]

In a message dated 8/31/00 5:17:13 PM Central Daylight Time,

helminger@... writes:

<< According to

> other message boards, Motherhood hands over the addresses of customers to

> Ross >>

Being a former employee of Motherhood I can tell you Motherhood does not

simply hand over your information, at least they are not supposed to, The

Employee taking your info is supposed to ASK wether you want to join the

Welcome Additions club, if you received Welcome Adittion club sample without

having asked for them You need to inform your local motherhood's Manager.

-Llanda

Mommy to 4/4/2000

" I am in shape. Round is a shape. "

Give the Gift of Life Breastfeed!

http://www.lactivist.com

[Guest guest]

Llanda,

The huge difficulty I have with that is that breastfeeding mothers aren't

offered a substitute pack. If they don't want the formula, they miss out on

anything free! Formula feeding and bottle feeding in our society are

rewarded and breastfeeding is not!

Wendi

http://www.lactivist.com

breastfeeding resources and info

Re: [Fwd: [bTLdiapering] OT: Motherhood Stores]

In a message dated 8/31/00 5:17:13 PM Central Daylight Time,

helminger@... writes:

<< According to

> other message boards, Motherhood hands over the addresses of customers to

> Ross >>

Being a former employee of Motherhood I can tell you Motherhood does not

simply hand over your information, at least they are not supposed to, The

Employee taking your info is supposed to ASK wether you want to join the

Welcome Additions club, if you received Welcome Adittion club sample without

having asked for them You need to inform your local motherhood's Manager.

-Llanda

Mommy to 4/4/2000

" I am in shape. Round is a shape. "

Give the Gift of Life Breastfeed!

http://www.lactivist.com

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 8/31/00 7:34:54 PM Central Daylight Time, jen@...

writes:

<< Then in my opinion its not similac's fault they are willing to give away

their

product. Its someone else's fault for not comming up with a " gift " to give

breastfeeding mothers. Just because someone chooses to formula feed their

child doesnt mean that they should not get any freebies because there are no

freebies for the breastfeeding mothers. Maybe the key is to write to Avent

or

Medela or Ameda and have them put together a free breastfeeding mother's

kit. I think the formula companies are already doing a great job since they

include information on breastfeeding in their packs. The pack I got from my

hospital had bf'ing information in it as well as a cold pack for keeping bm

cool.

>>

I agree with you Jen,

I also do not fault motherhood for offering the Welcome Addition

club,you do not HAVE to join, Motherhood is very pro breastfeeding, they sell

Medela products have several BF products in thier stores, they don't carry

formula or bottles. But everyone is entitled to thier own opinion. )

-Llanda

Mommy to 4/4/2000

" I am in shape. Round is a shape. "

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 8/31/00 7:34:54 PM Central Daylight Time, jen@...

writes:

<< Then in my opinion its not similac's fault they are willing to give away

their

product. Its someone else's fault for not comming up with a " gift " to give

breastfeeding mothers. Just because someone chooses to formula feed their

child doesnt mean that they should not get any freebies because there are no

freebies for the breastfeeding mothers. Maybe the key is to write to Avent

or

Medela or Ameda and have them put together a free breastfeeding mother's

kit. I think the formula companies are already doing a great job since they

include information on breastfeeding in their packs. The pack I got from my

hospital had bf'ing information in it as well as a cold pack for keeping bm

cool.

>>

I agree with you Jen,

I also do not fault motherhood for offering the Welcome Addition

club,you do not HAVE to join, Motherhood is very pro breastfeeding, they sell

Medela products have several BF products in thier stores, they don't carry

formula or bottles. But everyone is entitled to thier own opinion. )

-Llanda

Mommy to 4/4/2000

" I am in shape. Round is a shape. "

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 8/31/00 7:34:54 PM Central Daylight Time, jen@...

writes:

<< Then in my opinion its not similac's fault they are willing to give away

their

product. Its someone else's fault for not comming up with a " gift " to give

breastfeeding mothers. Just because someone chooses to formula feed their

child doesnt mean that they should not get any freebies because there are no

freebies for the breastfeeding mothers. Maybe the key is to write to Avent

or

Medela or Ameda and have them put together a free breastfeeding mother's

kit. I think the formula companies are already doing a great job since they

include information on breastfeeding in their packs. The pack I got from my

hospital had bf'ing information in it as well as a cold pack for keeping bm

cool.

>>

I agree with you Jen,

I also do not fault motherhood for offering the Welcome Addition

club,you do not HAVE to join, Motherhood is very pro breastfeeding, they sell

Medela products have several BF products in thier stores, they don't carry

formula or bottles. But everyone is entitled to thier own opinion. )

-Llanda

Mommy to 4/4/2000

" I am in shape. Round is a shape. "

[Guest guest]

I would donate them to the food bank. Or if you are of the same mind as , send them to Motherwear!

Michele

I received two boxes of formula products after giving my information to a Motherhood store (I thought I would receive catalogs. I still have them and don'tknow what to do with them.S.Margaret Potter wrote:

[Guest guest]

I would donate them to the food bank. Or if you are of the same mind as , send them to Motherwear!

Michele

I received two boxes of formula products after giving my information to a Motherhood store (I thought I would receive catalogs. I still have them and don'tknow what to do with them.S.Margaret Potter wrote:

[Guest guest]

Then in my opinion its not similac's fault they are willing to give away their

product. Its someone else's fault for not comming up with a " gift " to give

breastfeeding mothers. Just because someone chooses to formula feed their

child doesnt mean that they should not get any freebies because there are no

freebies for the breastfeeding mothers. Maybe the key is to write to Avent or

Medela or Ameda and have them put together a free breastfeeding mother's

kit. I think the formula companies are already doing a great job since they

include information on breastfeeding in their packs. The pack I got from my

hospital had bf'ing information in it as well as a cold pack for keeping bm

cool.

I may be different than most people...but you guys know how much trouble

Abby and I had getting bf'ing going...and I did NOT give up bf'ing. We are

talking about 3 months of problems...and I had a lot of formula here (I signed

up on some sites before I had her). Even though she did get an occasional

bottle of formula she is strictly breastfed now.

This is just my opinion though.

> The huge difficulty I have with that is that breastfeeding mothers aren't

> offered a substitute pack. If they don't want the formula, they miss out

> on anything free! Formula feeding and bottle feeding in our society are

> rewarded and breastfeeding is not!

>

-Jen

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http://www.TheElliotts.org

CUR #153 ICQ#875060

I was born Creative, not Patient.

[Guest guest]

Then in my opinion its not similac's fault they are willing to give away their

product. Its someone else's fault for not comming up with a " gift " to give

breastfeeding mothers. Just because someone chooses to formula feed their

child doesnt mean that they should not get any freebies because there are no

freebies for the breastfeeding mothers. Maybe the key is to write to Avent or

Medela or Ameda and have them put together a free breastfeeding mother's

kit. I think the formula companies are already doing a great job since they

include information on breastfeeding in their packs. The pack I got from my

hospital had bf'ing information in it as well as a cold pack for keeping bm

cool.

I may be different than most people...but you guys know how much trouble

Abby and I had getting bf'ing going...and I did NOT give up bf'ing. We are

talking about 3 months of problems...and I had a lot of formula here (I signed

up on some sites before I had her). Even though she did get an occasional

bottle of formula she is strictly breastfed now.

This is just my opinion though.

> The huge difficulty I have with that is that breastfeeding mothers aren't

> offered a substitute pack. If they don't want the formula, they miss out

> on anything free! Formula feeding and bottle feeding in our society are

> rewarded and breastfeeding is not!

>

-Jen

--------------------------------------------------------------------

http://www.TheElliotts.org

CUR #153 ICQ#875060

I was born Creative, not Patient.

[Guest guest]

Then in my opinion its not similac's fault they are willing to give away their

product. Its someone else's fault for not comming up with a " gift " to give

breastfeeding mothers. Just because someone chooses to formula feed their

child doesnt mean that they should not get any freebies because there are no

freebies for the breastfeeding mothers. Maybe the key is to write to Avent or

Medela or Ameda and have them put together a free breastfeeding mother's

kit. I think the formula companies are already doing a great job since they

include information on breastfeeding in their packs. The pack I got from my

hospital had bf'ing information in it as well as a cold pack for keeping bm

cool.

I may be different than most people...but you guys know how much trouble

Abby and I had getting bf'ing going...and I did NOT give up bf'ing. We are

talking about 3 months of problems...and I had a lot of formula here (I signed

up on some sites before I had her). Even though she did get an occasional

bottle of formula she is strictly breastfed now.

This is just my opinion though.

> The huge difficulty I have with that is that breastfeeding mothers aren't

> offered a substitute pack. If they don't want the formula, they miss out

> on anything free! Formula feeding and bottle feeding in our society are

> rewarded and breastfeeding is not!

>

-Jen

--------------------------------------------------------------------

http://www.TheElliotts.org

CUR #153 ICQ#875060

I was born Creative, not Patient.

[Guest guest]

Can you tell DH is home and has Abby swinging by his desk? LOL...I've sent

about 5 emails in the last 15 minutes! LOL...see below for comments:

> In terms of the donation of formula, I am really torn. For me this is a

> real moral dilemma and I don't know what the answer is. I certainly don't

> want to participate in a baby not getting breastfed. However, I have

> worked with homeless families and have seen how hard it is for them to get

> by. I wish everyone would breastfeed, but if they don't, then I

> certainly don't want a baby to get diluted formula, or cows milk or some

> other inappropriate food either. I'll have to think about this some

> more.

I gave a lot of my formula samples away. My sister-in-law has two employees

that work for her and recently had children and both of those babies are

formula fed and both families are by no means wealthy. I gave them most of

my formula. I also gave them the car seat that we got from the hospital also.

We got one of those travel systems so I didnt need the extra seat. I

wondered why if they didnt have extra $ why they would choose not to bf...but

then I decided that its their decision and who was I to second guess what they

as a family had decided? So I went ahead and gave them what I had to give.

At the same time I've also had many people tell me that with all the problems I

went through with bf'ing they kept trying since their problems werent as severe

as mine. And I've had people at our local LLL meetings say that I was

more help than the LLL leaders since I gave real life answers (all in support of

breastfeeding but not radical) instead of " lansinoh fixes everything " sort of

statements. I do dog rescue (well I used to when I had time <grin>) and its

sort of the same thing kind of. You can only do what you can do. If you can

help than that's a great thing but you cant convince someone who believes a

dog is strictly an outside creature that they should let them sleep in the bed

with them. Sure bf'ing is better than formula feeding but if they decide to

formula feed than they should still be supported. Its not like they are abusing

the child by feeding formula.

I believe an analogy would be this: becomming a stay at home mom is best

for the child. However for those people that go back to work, should they be

deemed inadequate parents and made to feel as though they are doing

something wrong? I personally dont think so.

-Jen

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http://www.TheElliotts.org

CUR #153 ICQ#875060

I was born Creative, not Patient.

[Guest guest]

Can you tell DH is home and has Abby swinging by his desk? LOL...I've sent

about 5 emails in the last 15 minutes! LOL...see below for comments:

> In terms of the donation of formula, I am really torn. For me this is a

> real moral dilemma and I don't know what the answer is. I certainly don't

> want to participate in a baby not getting breastfed. However, I have

> worked with homeless families and have seen how hard it is for them to get

> by. I wish everyone would breastfeed, but if they don't, then I

> certainly don't want a baby to get diluted formula, or cows milk or some

> other inappropriate food either. I'll have to think about this some

> more.

I gave a lot of my formula samples away. My sister-in-law has two employees

that work for her and recently had children and both of those babies are

formula fed and both families are by no means wealthy. I gave them most of

my formula. I also gave them the car seat that we got from the hospital also.

We got one of those travel systems so I didnt need the extra seat. I

wondered why if they didnt have extra $ why they would choose not to bf...but

then I decided that its their decision and who was I to second guess what they

as a family had decided? So I went ahead and gave them what I had to give.

At the same time I've also had many people tell me that with all the problems I

went through with bf'ing they kept trying since their problems werent as severe

as mine. And I've had people at our local LLL meetings say that I was

more help than the LLL leaders since I gave real life answers (all in support of

breastfeeding but not radical) instead of " lansinoh fixes everything " sort of

statements. I do dog rescue (well I used to when I had time <grin>) and its

sort of the same thing kind of. You can only do what you can do. If you can

help than that's a great thing but you cant convince someone who believes a

dog is strictly an outside creature that they should let them sleep in the bed

with them. Sure bf'ing is better than formula feeding but if they decide to

formula feed than they should still be supported. Its not like they are abusing

the child by feeding formula.

I believe an analogy would be this: becomming a stay at home mom is best

for the child. However for those people that go back to work, should they be

deemed inadequate parents and made to feel as though they are doing

something wrong? I personally dont think so.

-Jen

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I was born Creative, not Patient.

[Guest guest]

Can you tell DH is home and has Abby swinging by his desk? LOL...I've sent

about 5 emails in the last 15 minutes! LOL...see below for comments:

> In terms of the donation of formula, I am really torn. For me this is a

> real moral dilemma and I don't know what the answer is. I certainly don't

> want to participate in a baby not getting breastfed. However, I have

> worked with homeless families and have seen how hard it is for them to get

> by. I wish everyone would breastfeed, but if they don't, then I

> certainly don't want a baby to get diluted formula, or cows milk or some

> other inappropriate food either. I'll have to think about this some

> more.

I gave a lot of my formula samples away. My sister-in-law has two employees

that work for her and recently had children and both of those babies are

formula fed and both families are by no means wealthy. I gave them most of

my formula. I also gave them the car seat that we got from the hospital also.

We got one of those travel systems so I didnt need the extra seat. I

wondered why if they didnt have extra $ why they would choose not to bf...but

then I decided that its their decision and who was I to second guess what they

as a family had decided? So I went ahead and gave them what I had to give.

At the same time I've also had many people tell me that with all the problems I

went through with bf'ing they kept trying since their problems werent as severe

as mine. And I've had people at our local LLL meetings say that I was

more help than the LLL leaders since I gave real life answers (all in support of

breastfeeding but not radical) instead of " lansinoh fixes everything " sort of

statements. I do dog rescue (well I used to when I had time <grin>) and its

sort of the same thing kind of. You can only do what you can do. If you can

help than that's a great thing but you cant convince someone who believes a

dog is strictly an outside creature that they should let them sleep in the bed

with them. Sure bf'ing is better than formula feeding but if they decide to

formula feed than they should still be supported. Its not like they are abusing

the child by feeding formula.

I believe an analogy would be this: becomming a stay at home mom is best

for the child. However for those people that go back to work, should they be

deemed inadequate parents and made to feel as though they are doing

something wrong? I personally dont think so.

-Jen

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http://www.TheElliotts.org

CUR #153 ICQ#875060

I was born Creative, not Patient.

[Guest guest]

Sorry for the typo.

Michele

Please be careful here! It's *Motherhood Maternity and Mothers Work* that is in partnership with Ross Labs. *Motherwear* is a company that sells nursing clothes, and unequivocally supports breastfeeding. Big difference! : ) Margaret ~ Michele ~ wrote: I would donate them to the food bank. Or if you are of the same mind as , send them to Motherwear! Michele

[Guest guest]

Sorry for the typo.

Michele

Please be careful here! It's *Motherhood Maternity and Mothers Work* that is in partnership with Ross Labs. *Motherwear* is a company that sells nursing clothes, and unequivocally supports breastfeeding. Big difference! : ) Margaret ~ Michele ~ wrote: I would donate them to the food bank. Or if you are of the same mind as , send them to Motherwear! Michele