><I would say without hesitation that the babies I see now do not feed like >the babies I used to see 10-15 years ago. It is a "difference between common >and normal" as someone on Lactnet put it brilliantly not long ago. > >She is saying that from Oregon, and I am seeing the same thing here in >Israel. And I keep thinking of Ros Escott's post a few years ago on Thailand's policy of "Three Sucklings" (early, frequent, and correctly). In the hospitals she observed, there weren't non-latching babies, or jaundiced ones, or sore nipples, or crying, even tho births were medicated. She said the babies basically stayed attached to the breast, only occasionally coming off to fall into a deep sleep. She pointed out that *that's* frequent suckling, not what *we* call frequent. But would our babies do it, if 24 hour skin to skin were available?? What *is* normal, anyway?? -- Diane Wiessinger, MS, IBCLC Ithaca, NY www.wiessinger.baka.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