I think Marianne made some profound observations in her recent post:

".... I usually prefer problem solving to symptom fighting .......... we try 
to solve problems that, in the first place, arose because of the societal 
problem of lack of knowledge about baby behaviour and baby needs......."

It's sad that so many mothers nowadays expect their babies to feed at 
greater intervals than they themselves eat or drink.  The fact that 
breastfeeding is so much more than food is such a difficult concept for many 
new mothers to grasp.  Sadly I hear mothers labelling their babies as 
"naughty", "spoilt" or "lazy" on day one!

I find that if we can support mothers to just go with the flow for the first 
6 weeks or so - the baby then weaves its magic and many mothers then "get 
it" and their concerns re schedules no longer seem so important.  But this 
is *hard* work.  It's much easier to help a mother fix a painful latch!

Jean Ridler  RN  RM  IBCLC
South Africa   [log in to unmask]

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