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Re: protest from an old-timer
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Heather <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 20 Apr 2018 15:48:07 +0100
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Nikki, I haven't noticed this. To me, 'latching' is still a precise, even specific, term meaning the same as it ever did.....I hope you're not right that it's taking the place of 'breastfeeding' which is the whole thing, relating to the emotional and physical relationship :( 

Heather Welford Neil, UK 

> On 20 Apr 2018, at 12:18 pm, Nikki Lee <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
> Dear Lactnet Friends:
> 
> This is a personal reaction.
> 
> As I've been in this field of breastfeeding work for over 40 years, I have
> seen a big shift in terminology.
> 
> People don't talk about breastfeeding any more.  They, mothers and
> professionals alike, refer to it as "latching".
> 
> This pains me.
> 
> To me, it is like talking about "penetrating" instead of "love making."
> 
> While the latch is important, it is only one part of the relationship of
> breastfeeding.
> 
> Probably nothing I can do about this, except holler once in a while.
> 
> warmly,
> 
> -- 
> Nikki Lee RN, BSN, Mother of 2, MS, IBCLC, CCE, CIMI, ANLC, CKC
> Reviews Editor,* Clinical Lactation*
> www.nikkileehealth.com
> https://www.facebook.com/nikkileehealth
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