Dear Marsha,
At the sake of not taking up too much space, I left out what now seems to be
important details.  I was WITH the mom the whole time,   except for the 3
minutes where I walked a few yards away.  This was her 3rd baby, she has lots
of confidence and was happy to have somone hold the baby while she ate her
dinner and played a bit with her 2 other kids.  I am all for empowering moms,
I have spent the last 25 years doing just that.  I am an assistant/teacher,
not a replacement mom.  I truly believe no one in this group felt separation
anxiety at any time.  I was trying to share a story of how Karp's techniques
work.  I think we must be careful not to push our own agenda onto other
people or read too much into it.  I am very good at what I do, I love my job,
worked hard for my IBCLC and care about the family unit.  All I did was offer
a helping hand, not commit a crime.  I was truly offended by your response.
Annie VerSteeg  IBCLC  mother of 2 happy healthy kids ages 10 and 12
Beach Area Breastfeeding
[log in to unmask]
breastfeeding... It's for life

             ***********************************************
The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned
LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM)
mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to:
http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html