>
>     I have two opposing views concerning teaching of  colostrum; my tendency
>is not to mention it, unless the mother asks me. Usually,  when they ask, it
>has been to say, "There isn't really milk at first is there?  There is that
>colastra something..." which requires clarification and proves my  point (at
>least to me :-) that most people need to know that the milk in the 
>breast that
>day is perfect for the baby, whatever one calls it.


Most people who mention it to me ask about the 'cholesterol' that's 
in their breasts at first : )))
>
>     And that word 'bonding'....something about it jars  me. It isn't a
>natural word to me; I guess because it comes from science,  and has 
>been so overused
>and abused.  I would prefer a words like:  tenderness, closeness, pleasure,
>calmness. I can remember working in labor  and delivery and hearing 
>nurses say,
>"Okay, you've bonded now. The baby has to  go to the nursery" which always
>bothered me. As if bonding was some sort of glue  or another task, like giving
>Vitamin K, that could be started and  finished.


I totally agree about bonding, Nikki....I never use it as a term. 
It's amazing that it has seeped into public consciousness. It is too 
often used against bf, as well....'I want to bottle feed so my 
partner can bond with the baby' or 'how soon can I express? I want 
his daddy to bond with him.'
:((((((


Heather Welford Neil
NCT bfc, tutor, UK

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