asimmons wrote:
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> Becky,
> I know the booklet you are talking about! Unfortunately, I also cannot
> find mine and cannot remember the title. I do know that I ordered mine
> from INFACT Canada. You can probably find ordering info. on their web
> site. As I recall, it was a little out of date, but still packed quite
> a punch! Good luck.
>
> Regarding our odd culture: Just recently I experienced two
> conversations that highlighted for me just how far we have to go...(And
> since, like many of you I imagine, my immediate "culture of choice" is
> very breastfeeding friendly, these things are all the more shocking when
> they occur.) #1 My husband and I were at the home of an old friend of
> his this summer. He and his wife have a son a few months younger than
> our 3 y.o. On the topic of baby/child stuff, my husband's friend asked
> me when our son began to hold his own bottle as a baby (this is another
> topic altogether, but why, oh, why is this considered a desirable
> "milestone"???) Anyway, when I replied that Jesse never had a bottle, so
> I wouldn't really know, I got a very blank look. Honest to goodness,
> you could see the mental wheels turning as this man tried to figure out
> why my son hadn't starved (He did eventually figure it out!).
> #2 A young mother for whom I babysit asked what kind of "formula" my 2
> month old was fed. When I said I don't use formula, she asked
> confusedly if I just used "regular milk". I had to tell her specifically
> that I breastfeeed! These two otherhwise nice, intelligent people could
> not even conceive of the fact that there was another way to feed a
> baby! As Dr. Newman would say, "AAARRGH!!!"
>
> Now on to my request for assistance/ideas:
> Just got a call from a mother who intends to breastfeed her newborn, has
> always intended to breastfeed and has a very supportive family with a hx
> of breastfeeding. The problem: This woman is quite large-breasted,
> with large nipples (about the size of my thumb tip), and her little
> newborn is having great difficulty even getting it into his mouth (gags
> and slips off, then becomes angry)! I gave her some suggestions to use
> a towel to support the breast, use a "nipple sandwich" ala Barbara
> Heiser, and use some different positioning, but this baby really can't
> "eat the whole thing"! I plan to talk to her again in a day, and would
> love some input, suggestions etc. I would dread having to tell this mom
> she will have to express and alternative feed until her little one grows
> (She admires breastfeeding in part because its so *easy*). Thanks in
> advance.
>
> Andrea Simmons
> LLL
> St. Louis MO, USA
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