Hi Gonneke
Many congratulations on becoming a grandma and may you have much joy from
this new stage of life. I am a grandma of 9, the eldest is 13. I have for
many years intended to write a book to guide new grandparents on that
delicate path between giving support and not interfering - except that I am
so busy being a working grandparent that I haven`t had time to get down to
it.
All you can do about breastfeeding is to be available, give all the support
you can, reinforce everything that is positive, (as you would to a client)
but without getting too emotional about it if the mother listens to her
mother before you. Hopefully you will be consulted if there are problems
and before the baby is offered a bottle.
Alternatively give the other grandmother a present of an updated
breastfeeding book!
With all good wishes
Wendy Blumfield
NCT BFC
Israel Childbirth Education Centre
----- Original Message -----
From: "julie taylor" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, September 08, 2006 6:04 PM
Subject: Re: grandson born
> Many congratulations!! It must be very hard to stay quiet in such a
> situation - I hope that if and when the time comes for me - I can be as
> diplomatic as you are.
> Julie Taylor
>
> gonneke van veldhuizen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Dear friends,
>
> Wednesday my son's son is born: Ruud, a beautifull (ofcourse) 3360grams,
> 50cm boy.
> Planning is for him to be breastfed, but mom is young and has a dedicated
> mom herself with idea's that, let's say, are not quite mine. And I am just
> ''the other granny''. I've to clench my jaws ans try and instruct my son
> to do and say the right things and hope for the best. I hope I at least
> got the message throught to call me before a bottle is shoved into my
> grandson.
> It's hard to be a grandma and not to be able to have him get what he needs
> most.
>
> Warmly greeting,
>
> Gonneke, IBCLC, LLLL, MOM and Ruud's grandma ;-) in southern Netherlands
>
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