Hi Virginia - As you said, this is a true state-of-the-art room. These are
special rocker-glider chairs, with lots of room for baby and mom. They have
a really nice feel to them and it takes little effort to make them move.
Rather than rock, they slide forward and backward, and even have guards on
the sides so toddler fingers can't get pinched! Mom and baby seem to like
the rhythm. Like you, I found rocking chairs hard to nurse in but my
motion-to-sleep first baby really benefited from it (well, actually, I guess
I did because at 4 in the morning I would rather sit and rock then walk the
floor). Rocking chairs are a traditional item here for older people to sit
the day away (at least, that is the image; how true it is I couldn't say) -
this is probably why they were a 'breastfeeding aid". Grandma would rock
the baby to sleep, or during fussy times!
I truly enjoy the international flavour of Lactnet!
Michelle
----- Original Message -----
From: Virginia G Thorley
To: [log in to unmask]
Cc: Lactation Information and Discussion
Sent: Monday, January 28, 2002 6:42 AM
Subject: Culture, and rocking chairs
Michelle,
Saw your post about the breastfeeding room. I hope this will fire up
other Lactnetters. It sounds 'top of the range', even better than the Baby
Care Room design that ABA in Australia has supported for years. One thing,
though, seems to me to be culturally based (North America), and that's a
rocking chair. I bought one after reading The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding
in 1965, but was never comfortable in it and it ended up being used as a
kind of valet stand for hanging clothes on at night. A kitchen chair or an
armchair suited me better for feeding in.
Is this just me, or do other people from outside North America not think
of a rocking chair as a breastfeeding aid?
Cheers,
Virginia
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