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Date: | Mon, 23 Nov 1998 19:07:05 +0000 |
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Very interesting, Alison - I hadn't realised the term non-nutritive sucking
came originally from bottle feeding/pacifier research, in fact I had only
ever come across the term in US-based info, and I always translated it into
our UK term 'comfort sucking' . However, I have always been slightly
uncomfortable, knowing it can't be an exact translation - here, we think
of comfort sucking as delivering 'less' nutrition, but not 'none'.
I have written before about how mad I get - internally , as you'd never
know it from my calm face and relaxed body language : ) - when I hear the
term 'just sucking for comfort' - what do you mean, 'just' I want to ask!
Your post reminded me of how (in the UK at any rate) mothers were told to
feed '10 minutes a side every four hours' based on what bottle feeding
babies had been observed to do...
Heather Welford Neil
NCT bfc Newcastle upon Tyne UK
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