I was reading the last post about the 3 months old FTT and
in my mind imagined a series of books, "Preparation for
Farming," "Preparation for Livestock Husbandry". Imagine if
farmers managed their infant livestock by the same tenets
being put on human offspring? Granted, I suppose folks like
Ezzo exempt dumb animals from having to be disciplined
since they are not thinking about sin, the Hereafter and all.
Still, can you picture the shepherd imposing 8 hour sleep on
the lambs, admonishing the ewes from nursing more than
every 3 hours? What about those grazing animals that
munch away all day. What lack of self-discipline! Such
gluttony!  On the otherhand, if livestock management would
be imposed on humans it would make it much easier to
follow Ezzo-type lactation advice. Dairy animals have been
engineered via Man's Plan to require milking a mere 2 times
a day. Dairy animals who have small storage capacities are
culled from the breeding program. If Man's Plan were put into
effect, if we all got to work on it with the requisite human
engineering, then women could probably be (eventually)
ready to follow the so-called God's Plan. Are you with me?
Of course, I think the abm alternative is allowing the unfit
low-end producers to remain as breeders. This won't do. After
all, we have a Divine mandate...don't we???

Feeling peckish and out of sorts,
Margery Wilson, IBCLC