>I think there is more to this than just feed on demand or feed on schedule.
>
>I work as a RLC in a hospital and what I see is the importance of
>education. I see parents say baby isn't hungry and let them go long
>periods swaddled in a crib or in someone elses arms. This is
>different than a baby who goes a longer period between feeds who is
>skin to skin with mom.
>
>I use a good hostess/guest scenerio to explain. It goes something like this:
>
>A good hostess doesn't wait until her guests say they are hungry
>before she pulls out the snack tray. She offers it and maybe the
>guest says yes and maybe the guest says no. If the guest says no
>she doens't put it away so the guest has to ask for it again, she
>leaves it out until the guest has his fill.
That is such a lovely analogy and I am going to use it! It echoes the
social and emotional and nurturing side of breastfeeding very well.
The 'feed baby every X hours' thing is *so* unhelpful - it has
nothing to teach about relationships and cues and maternal responses
to babies' needs.
Heather Welford Neil
NCT bfc, tutor, UK
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