Thanks, Priscilla. It took me a LONG time and much soul searching to come up with this one. It seemed like no matter what we said to the moms about how important the holding is to babies, they just got stuck to their age-old belief about spoiling babies by holding them too much. Spanish even has a specific term for these "spoiled" babies: chicle, which means chewing gum - this is to illustrate their clinginess. 

Larisa Walk

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Subject: Larissa's advice to reluctant mom's

Larissa,

I loved your simple, easy to digest explanation for moms to help them to
understand it won't spoil their babies to hold them a lot or pick them up
when they cry (sorry, I should have copied and pasted your original
letter!)  Comparing the basic need of food to being held/comforted was
genius on your part.  I plan to make it part of my practice too!

Priscilla Tansley RN, BSN, IBCLC

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