>
> i am loving all the posts on this subject !! apparently they are  
> inspiring me to go off into wild conjecture now b/c as i just read  
> the abovementioned 2 posts, i formed theories. regarding mothers  
> giving their bfing daughters hard pinches while urging them to bf  
> (henya kazatchkov), i wondered if those hard pinches might have  
> triggered an adrenaline-based response. i wondered if that response  
> might have helped the mothers to feel a rush of energized emotions  
> which might have helped them latch the baby on and get started w/out  
> (what one assumes given the hard times they were experiencing  
> emotionally and socioeconomically ) might have otherwise been dread  
> and reluctance.
>
> i just felt, reading the post, maybe those (grand) mothers knew  
> instinctively what their bfing daughters must be feeling and somehow  
> also instinctively sensed a hard pinch would bring about a  
> compensatory rush of adrenaline that would alleviate the negative  
> ones ? then again, maybe it was a simple case of  'do your duty and  
> here's a reminder things could always be worse, things could hurt  
> like this' !
>
> and when i read the post about facial expressions (marit olanders),  
> i also had an
> 'a-ha' moment b/c i (may have mentioned already) i find it hard to  
> gaze directly into my baby's faces as i bf them. i am so happy i  
> tandem nurse b/c they have each other to engage during the times i  
> need to otherwise occupy my own attention. it's not for the entire  
> time i'm nursing - once they're in a good rhythm and the 1st cpl of  
> letdowns are over, it gets easier and i can pet them and murmur to  
> them, but when i read about the expressions being picked up by  
> babies, it hit me that my babies and i seem to avert our gazes one  
> from another initially ! i love learning what may be behind certain  
> behaviors, thanks all for posting.
>
> ~jacqui gruttadauria, bsw
> www.myspace.com/mummaTOwldthings
> near detroit, michigan and feeling downright crafty now for  
> combining the subjects of 2 posts in one response to not use up my  
> daily limit of posts !! :-)
>

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