In a message dated 1/20/0 3:40:34 PM, Sally writes:

<< one of the classics is "not letting the baby use you as a dummy!". .....i
would love to read your repsonses to this classic >>

new mom inquisitively: "sometimes my baby breastfeeds so often or for a long
time and i heard that i should not let my baby use me as a human pacifier".

lc: "well, you have a smart baby there, she is stimulating a good milk supply
with all that breastfeeding. what you heard about not letting the baby use
you as a pacifier is an old fashioned notion. schedules *are not* for
newborns. when your baby breastfeeds often or for longer
sessions..................."

Debbie

Deborah Tobin ( Jax Florida native)
RN BSN IBCLC LCCE
Springfield, Virginia USA
In the suburbs outside the Washington DC beltway where we had a beautiful
snow and the kids had a fun snow day off from school, playing, sledding and
building a snow fort.

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