In einer eMail vom 31-7-02 22:36:48 West-Europa (zomertijd) schreibt [log in to unmask]: > with the mother trying to 'make' > the baby feed for 40 minutes (this is what the book says) and not > 'allowing' him to fall asleep on the breast (that's such a bad > habit....) and then trying to keep him awake before 'allowing' him to > sleep in the crib. > I really wonder how people like this baby whisperer woman would feel if someone was trying to control all of her bodily functions the way she wants moms to control their baby's. ''Baby Whisperer'' is such a bad name. The Horsewhisperer where the origin of the tilte presumably comes from, bacame a horsewhisperer by studying and observing horses in their natural state (or as close to natural as possible) and identifying their natural needs and habits and then taking these needs and habits as a basis to built on, acting as a dominant horse himself. The Babywhisperers and thelike take the social needs and habits of adults to use as a roof to work infants up to. Sadly, in a way George Orwell's 1984 did come thrue, only it's not Big Brother that is watching all, but is't the people themselves that are trying to control the people they live with. Warmly greeting, Gonneke ================== Gonneke van Veldhuizen =+= IBCLC, LLLL, MOM =+= primairy school teacher EUROLAC breastfeeding information centre and lactation consultant practice *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html