Becky in WI says, > Forgive me for being blunt, but many of y'all are driving me > nuts. Virtually all the folks that are being critical of these ideas have > not read the book or seen the video. I think we could have a significantly > more intelligent discussion if you would! Thanks, Becky! I get the feeling that some people here think we are going to swaddle these babies 24/7, and that we will ignore signs of illness/hunger/need for development -- nothing could be further from the truth. If a baby is hungry or in pain, none of the 5 Ss are going to calm him. It doesn't make him "tune out" or "shut down," they help them to organize. Frankly, I don't care if you swaddle with the arms down at the side, crossed at the midline or so his hands can get into his mouth -- I just want them swaddled enough so they can reorganize and not get out of the blankie until they have calmed. As for not swaddling, can we have a show of hands of everyone that works in a hospital that has to UNSWADDLE babies before you can get them to the breast. I have yet to see a baby come into the mom's room from the nursery, or have an RN finish examining a baby, or even have them handed to mom unswaddled. Y'wanna talk about swaddling 24/7? Come to our hospital -- I'll show you 3600/year baby burritos. And if you haven't tried the 5Ss, don't knock it until you do....it's a TOOL, my friends, another good TOOL in our box of many tools. Jan Barger, RN, MA, IBCLC, RLC -- Wheaton IL Lactation Education Consultants www.lactationeducationconsultants.com *********************************************** 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