Date:    Fri, 25 Oct 2002 07:01:19 EDT
From:    Gonneke van Veldhuizen <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: hunger cues in newborn

In einer eMail vom 25-10-02 12:53:50 West-Europa (zomertijd) schreibt
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> All a baby can do is ask for the breast. We who are watching interpret
> that asking as an assumption that the baby is hungry. Shouldn't we be
> educating new mothers that the breast is the source of all goodness
for a
> baby?
>

Nikki Lee, this is one of the most valuable statements I have read in
the
last weeks or so!

Gonneke


Dear Nikki Lee and Gonneke,

I hope you are not saying that the loving caresses and attention of
fathers, grandparents and other family members are not also a source of
goodness for a baby.

Harvey

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