Nikki wrote:
<There are so many paradoxes about 
mainstream infant care in the developed world. People that sleep with
cats and dogs 
and each other are horrified at the idea of an infant in their bed. If I
was 
crying and my husband or daughter or friend or anyone looked at me and
ignored 
me or told me that I was alright because I'd had a good dinner and was
warm 
enough, I would go beserk.>
 
How can we change this pandemic attitude toward human infants?
What are you doing in the framework of your work , whether it be
hospital, private visits, groups, etc, to reeducate mothers to
understand this?  Is there any written material which we can distribute?
(I give out the UNICEF leaflet about cosleeping just to show that it is
acceptable.)  
 
I do this in my breastfeeding classes every morning and in the
breastfeeding forum which I manage in internet where there are about
7000 hits per month.  It seems to be a drop in the bucket, but we have
more and more attached parents in Israel as a result.  I see more baby
wearing, fewer strollers, and more parents secretly tell me that they
sleep with their babies. In recent trips to Hungary and Paris, I saw
many parents wearing babies.  In the US and Canada, less.  
 
Recently in our hospital, a mom was sleeping with her baby and the baby
fell out of  the bed.  Hospital beds are not ideal for sleeping with
babies, so now we have a setback.  Any suggestions?
 
Esther Grunis, IBCLC
Tel Aviv, Israel

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