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Date: | Fri, 17 Apr 1998 10:45:12 -0400 |
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I have not used these products or really recommended them because to me
they are designed for very short term use. They do not give much room for
baby to grow (at least not for mine which were 18lbs + by four months!)
What I have recommended to women, (or their husbands) who were reluctant to
have the baby in bed for fear of overlaying it is to either put mom in the
middle and baby by the side with a bed rail; or to bring the crib up next
to the bed, drop the rail and remove casters on the leg to lower the crib.
They can lower the mattress so that it is bed height so mom can be close to
baby and just pull it over to nurse on the adult bed
What I have found is that after doing this arrangement the baby spends so
much time in the adult bed anyway that the parent who had been reluctant to
try this gets used to the baby being there and they end up with a family
bed. Case in point is my best friend,( who I didn't think would breastfeed
for very long in the first place and whose husband regarded her breasts as
his property!),tried breastfeeding, and at my suggestion, the above
mentioned crib/bed arrangement and is now still nursing her 18 month old!
She and her husband just sat down with the baby's grandparents and told
them "the baby is going to nurse until she is ready to wean and she will
continue to sleep in our bed as long as she wants!"
So my thinking is however you can get them to try it, after a "break in
period" for the parents, they will often prefer sleeping with their baby
near by and most will nurse longer as well, in my opinion.
Laura Barmby
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