Dear friends,
Isn't it so that things start getting wrong the moment some one supposes an infant has to suck the breast to feed. Breastfeeding is not about sucking or sucktion, it is about drinking and milking. That is why, IMnsHO, speech pathologists (at least in my corner of the world) deny the existence of nipple confusion. Perhaps they do know a lot about sucktion, but not about drinking at breast. Same goes for many physicians.
Warmly,
Gonneke, IBCLC, MOM, retired LLLL in southern Netherlands
--- On Sat, 7/11/09, Foley, Mary <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
From: Foley, Mary <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: [LACTNET] throwing in the towel
To: [log in to unmask]
Date: Saturday, July 11, 2009, 1:56 PM
Dear Betty,
Re: your comment below. I am beginning to hear the same thing where I
work. It's funny how these ideas migrate....ok, maybe "funny," is the
wrong word. But I also had a neo tell a mom that he doesn't believe in
nipple confusion; he stated, "babies are born to suck...they'll suck on
a rock if you let them." How clearly inexperienced he is at watching
newborns feed. The next time I have a little near term baby w/ a mom w/
large flat nipples & edematous areola, and engorgement; and the baby has
had a few bottles...I think I'll give him a call so he can show me how
the baby can suck "on a rock."
Don't throw in the towel. In response to inexperienced/uneducated
comments, simply state your experience to the patient/physician. I'd say
something like "I've been working with breastfeeding moms and babies for
over 22 years. I've seen thousands of babies breastfeed, and here is
what I've noted....."
Hang in there.
<I was asked by a NEO what exactly is that I tell moms, because
according to this Dr there is no such thing as = nipple=20
confusion..all babies take BOTH w/out a problem!>
Mary Foley RN, IBCLC
Experienced in many "throw in the towel" days.
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