I read with interest Alice Martino's recent post on this subject.
Whenever possible, I try to point out to parents I work with the
ways their baby is communicating.  When talking about feeding cues,
I relate the tongueing, rooting, fist sucking as baby's "polite"
request "Gee, Mom, I'm hungry.  Would you please make me some
lunch?" as opposed to crying which is like pounding the fists on the
table and demanding an immediate meal.  I also tell them that I
think this begins to teach a baby that polite requests are heeded
and they don't have to always yell for what they want.  Even moms
who have given some indication that they expect baby to adapt to
their routines (Ezzo?) seem to like this analogy.
Winnie Mading, RNC, IBCLC

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