In einer eMail vom 07-10-02 2:54:03 West-Europa (zomertijd) schreibt [log in to unmask]: > I am wondering how healthy this can be, to *dissociate* comfort sucking > and nutritional sucking at such a young age...I was always of the > impression that because bf can give comfort, even if it still gives > food, that this must be normal, and doing otherwise could have > consequences...but what would those consequences be? Not realizing > later in life when one wants to eat or "comfort eat" and overeating? > I theorise that one consequence of this dissemination planted at this a young age in the babies brain and behaviour might be that in the rest of his life in stressfull situations he also will look for confort in things rather than people. Warmly greeting, Gonneke =========================== Gonneke van Veldhuizen IBCLC ---|||--- LLLL ---|||--- MOM primairy schoolteacher =========================================== EUROLAC Lactation Consultant Practice Centre for breastfeeding Information and Education http://www.geocities.com/gonneke29/ *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html