The problem at U.K. maternity units does not Grown-ups never understand anything for themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them. - Antoine de Saint-Exuperystop at the number of births and deliverers. Outmoded birth practices are still in place despite amended guidelines recently issued by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence. In …

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Grown-ups never understand anything for themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them. - Antoine de Saint-Exupery + The thing that impresses me the most about America is the way parents obey their children. - King Edward VIII + Learning to dislike children at an early age saves a lot of expense and aggravation later in life. - Robert Byrne + Testsatz 01 + A child becomes an adult when he realizes that he has a right not only to be right but also to be wrong. - Thomas Szasz +

Health experts say increased breast-feeding rates would save consumers money, spent both on infant formula and in health-care dollars. It could save lives as well. If a woman is unsure whether she wants to nurse, she can try it for a few weeks and switch if she doesn't like it. It's very difficult to switch to breast-feeding after bottle-feeding is begun.