Many thanks to all, who responded to my post about the kitten. I am
very grateful for your help and encouragement. Unfortunately, despite
my care the kitten died last night. The vet told me that it was due to
the internal injuries it received before we took it in. Still I am
grateful for the experience and the new perspective.
Once more I realized what a wonderful thing "skin to skin" is. It made
feedings much easier and the kitten derived much comfort from being
held. I re-read the last phrase and felt like an idiot for a moment
for writing it. As if I am stating something as self evident as "the
rain is wet". But the truth is that while most of us indeed agree that
the rain is supposed to be wet, and it is usually wet (still not going
for 100% consensus) somehow a lot of people realy belive that one need
not hold the baby "too much". As if there was such a thing as too much
holding! A friend of mine and a father of nine was very proud of
himself when he found a way to prop-up a bottle for his two months old
baby. He was a bit shocked when DH explained to him just how dangerous
that was. His wife is expecting now and I have talked her into giving
breastfeeding another chance. She told me that she never has enough
milk - she always believed that the baby crying meant that it was
hungry and stuffed a bottle in. She also believed (becouse this is
what she has been taught in the hospital the first time she gave
birth) that there is no "real" milk for the past few days, "real" milk
only comes in after a week or so. Of course by that time her babies
were firmly established on the bottle and her own milk was drying up.
I flatter myself to think that one of the things that changed her mind
was how easy it was to mother an older baby when you are nursing, she
also realized that my baby got sick a lot less. And I sat her down and
figured out the cost of formula (she has 4 kids on it) verses breast
milk.
So, I hope that I will be able to get the nursing established and to
keep it going as long as possible.
Meanwhile once again many thanks to all who wrote to me.
All the best.
-- 
Henya
Migdal HaEmek, Israel

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