>I use request feeding because if the baby is truly "demand" fed (as we >understand the term), all the baby has to do is request to feed. You >can use that opportunity to point out that the baby doesn't have to >cry to be nursed, but can request in other ways. Sometimes when I see >a baby root I say "oh, she's asking to be fed." I suggest they "feed on cue" and give examples of how to read their baby's cues: rooting, eye movement, rousing to light sleep, etc and I usually tell them that crying is a late hunger cue. Kathy ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Kathy Koch, BSEd, IBCLC Great Mills, MD mailto:[log in to unmask] http://www.erols.com/pakoch (designed by my 8 year old!)