>
>My goal is to teach ''western society people'' that feeding 
>infrequent massive feeds is cultural, not natural, even if many baby 
>*seem* to appreciate or at least accept it.


In the UK, the big 'thing' mothers are warned about is 'don't let 
your baby snack'....a baby feeding more often than some 
arbitrarily-decided frequency is said to be 'just snacking' and this 
is a Very Bad Thing. Books, HCPs and other mothers tell them 'it's 
Very Bad because your baby won't gain weight' , which then scares the 
mother .

This proscription about 'snacking' fits in very nicely with our 
(relatively recent) cultural dislike of 'snacking' as something that 
we (adults) shouldn't be doing. Why shouldn't we be doing it? Because 
it makes us gain weight.

Very few people see the contradiction here.


Some books, HCPs and other mothers say snacking is Bad because the 
baby won't get 'the hindmilk' - revealing a pitiful lack of 
understanding about the research.

'Just snacking' and 'just feeding for comfort' are both thought to be 
modes of feeding that should be discouraged.

:( :(

Heather Welford Neil
NCT bfc, tutor, UK

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