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Date: | Tue, 8 Jul 1997 19:56:35 -0400 |
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Dear Barbara, I always love reading what you have to say! At LLL conf we
were talking about wise women on Lactnet and all agreed that you are one!
Yes, I would have suggested a shield in this situation, at this point. My
feelings are that it is better to nurse with a shield than never nurse at
all! And I've never had a case where baby didn't eventually give up
shield--usually sooner than later. It is simply another approach, not a
crime. Rigid rules and not looking at the whole picture will get us IN to
more trouble than OUT of trouble!
I once learned that the causes of behavior are multiple, complex and
interrelated. And the most important lesson I learned in nursing school
(and life, for that matter...) was to be flexible and go with the flow. We
are dealing with human beings-fearfully and wonderfully made. Every
situation we deal with is can't be "fixed" by a cookbook approach because
of the complexities and variations from mother to mother and baby to baby
and mother to baby.
Pat in SNJ
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