>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
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Great Mills, MD
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