>  >
>>  OK, I'm not as technically proficient as plenty on the list, but I'm
>going to
>>  stick out my neck here and say, "Do you feel like that breast got pretty
>well
>>  drained, or does it still feel like you're in the middle of using it
>
>I'm struggling with thois too. I hear so much confusion about this topic!
>foremilk, hindmilk, etc. peopl e are asking: after how many minutes my baby
>gets the hindmilk.
>
>I'm very reluctant to say this to people.  I feel we should never refer to
>the clock in talking about number of nursing sessions, and duration fo
>nursing sessions. so, what i try to learn the mothers is: you could try to
>switch sides less often. watch your child, and switch sides once you notice
>he would like to receive a big meal again. Soon you'll notice he'll start
>reaching to the other side himself. Baby's are smarter than we think!


yes, Annelies...I sometimes tell mothers you won't get it right all
the time...sometimes you'll think the baby's finished, and he isn't,
sometimes you'll think he wants the other side and he doesn't....it's
a learning time for the baby, for the mother and for the two of them
together.

Mothers want to know how they will *know* what their baby wants and when.

But it takes time for that synchronisation to happen....we have to
help them not search for perfection from the start.

Heather Welford Neil
NCT bfc Newcastle upon Tyne UK

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