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Name: Rina Groeneveld
E-mail: Rina Groeneveld<[log in to unmask]>
Date: 96/08/22
Time: 09:21:58 PM
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I didn't have the notes on Natural Hygiene when I sent my post on
overfeeding to Lactnet, and I got it wrong. Here is a choice quote from
their curriculum :
"Shelton recommends that following the second week after birth baby be cut
back to three feedings a day. Of course, with this amount of feedings your
baby will not be the fat little butterball that is considered so healthy in

this society. But he will be much healthier and will develop and mature
more quickly. He will develop good eating habits later in life as a result.

...Most midwives or alternative doctors will recommend nursing your baby
upon demand. But this also is not good advice as baby does not always know
what amount is best for him. He needs to be trained in good eating habits -

they don't necessarily come naturally. Shelton says"In all nature there is
not another example among mammalian species (Katherine Dettwyler I know
you'll really enjoy this one) where the female permits her young to feed
upon demand...The three feedings a day plan, although it may seem cruel (an

understatement - my words) to you, is definitely adequate. Many Hygienists
have proven this with their own children. Their children grow faster and
develop better. They sleep better at night and give their parents less
anxiety and require less attention as they're rarely complaining or sick."

From Rina Groeneveld, LLLL SA