2 comments: I remember a number of years ago hearing one of the LLLI Medical Advisors (I think it might have been Herb Ratner) make the comment that "If crying is good for the lungs, then bleeding is good for the veins!" I also heard some time ago a great way to explain to moms especially why not let a baby "cry it out". It went something like this: Imagine your washing machine begins to overflow. You try everything you know to stop it, but to no avail. You frantically tell you husband about the problem, but he just says "OK, I'll look at it." and goes on reading his paper, watching the game or whatever. You try again to fix the problem yourself, but by now the floor is totally flooded and the water is spreading to the next room. You tell your husband about it even more urgently and are either ignored or he brushes it off again. This continues with you getting more frantic with each request for help. Eventually you just give up. How would this make you feel? You might even begin to doubt your perception of the problem. The more this happens, the less you trust both your own view of the world and your husband's love for you. Isn't this somewhat how a baby probably reacts when we ignore his urgent pleas for help in making whatever is bothering him right? Winnie *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html