Dear Lactnet Friends: Jacqui, this is one of the best posts I have ever read! Thank you for that sweet, sweet story. Now here's a book: Nursing, from behind the Toddler's Eyes! warmly, Nikki Lee > Date: Wed, 30 May 2012 22:33:38 -0400 > From: "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: what they think we do > > i've been on a hundred consults in my son's 4 1/2 yrs of life. > i always nurse him before the separation of me going > and make sure to tell him, > "i'm going to help a mama breastfeed her baby." > > tonight he was too busy when i left > and i got a querulous and tearful phone call > on my way to the client's house. > > "mumma, i didn't get my mookies!" > i promised to nurse him when i got home, > wondering at his urgency - > at 4 1/2, it's hardly a life or death matter anymore. > > as i told him i had to get off the phone, he begged, > "PLEASE don't give that baby my mookies!" > > it hit me right in the middle of assessing the suck pattern > of the baby that all this time when i've told him > i'm going to help a mom breastfeed her baby... > he has been thinking i'm really going to help a mom and *breastfeed her > baby*! he thinks i go from house to house and wetnurse all the newborns!! > > when i got home, i laughingly asked him if this > is what he has been thinking. he nodded solemnly > and his 6 yo sister laughed at him and exclaimed, > "mumma doesn't give them her milkies, silly, > she tricks them with a nasty old finger to suck on instead!!" > > ~jacqui gruttadauria, bsw > (near detroit, michigan & taking the ailing little booby hoarder to denver > in july for admission to a specialty hospital - and wondering if there > might be any fellow LNer's there that would be willing to offer backup > housing to us for 2 wks should our other options fall through!) > > > -- Nikki Lee RN, BSN, Mother of 2, MS, IBCLC, CCE, CIMI, ANLC, CKC craniosacral therapy practitioner www.breastfeedingalwaysbest.com *********************************************** Archives: http://community.lsoft.com/archives/LACTNET.html To reach list owners: [log in to unmask] Mail all list management commands to: [log in to unmask] COMMANDS: 1. To temporarily stop your subscription write in the body of an email: set lactnet nomail 2. To start it again: set lactnet mail 3. To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet 4. To get a comprehensive list of rules and directions: get lactnet welcome