On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 15:09:37 EST, Pamela Mazzella Di Bosco
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><snip>
>But, the best part, the part that made me smile....Dr. Gartner telling
>mothers to keep their babies in arms reach for a quicker response to
feeding  cues!
> He said "we don't have to wait until we cry from hunger to be fed, a  baby
>shouldn't have to either."  I was thrilled!
<snip>
>>Take care,
>Pam MazzellaDiBosco, IBCLC
>Florida, USA
>

I describe feeding cues and then tell the parents "at this point the baby
is asking politely, you want to reinforce that and not teach the baby that
he has to scream to get what he wants"  Response has invariably been
positive to this perception of hunger cues and meeting baby's needs.
Reduces the fear that the baby is trying to manipulate the parents.

-Claire Bloodgood, IBCLC

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