In einer eMail vom 21-2-2003 22:04:08 West-Europa (standaardtijd) schreibt
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>        Are people assuming that these babies want increased volume? What
> about babies that want continual comfort after being born because they are:
> hurt/ alarmed at this new world/dealing with gravity/missing the continual
> feeds from the placenta/adjusting to a new life? Breastfeeding is more than
> food or drink. It is love and medicine and entertainment.
>        Maybe what makes these babies slow down their feeding frequency after
> the milk volume increases are all the factors in human milk that make them
> sleepy?
>

Yes, I think you're right. At mom's breast is baby's place to be in the early
days, and for many, in the weeks or months beyond as well.
It does not fit into our social structures, it does not fit in the images
''modern people'' made of baby's, but baby's do not care if they fit in or
not. They just need to be at breast or near the breast.

Warmly greeting,

Gonneke

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Gonneke  van Veldhuizen
IBCLC,LLLL, MOM, primairyschool teacher

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