With all of the talk about "feeding on demand" or "feeding on cue," I
thought I'd throw in my 2 cents.

We seem to have way too much Babywise/Ezzo parenting around here lately.  I
have found that feeding the baby for any other reason than the clock says it
is time seems to meet with lots of resistance.  I have started telling moms
that the baby should be put to breast when ever they are "thirsty."  Feeding
is seen as something babies do to manipulate the parents.  Making a baby go
without fluids when they are thirsty seems worse than letting a baby go
hungry.  Living in a desert, it is easier to get this concept across to
moms.  Besides, it is easy to ask "How often do you go 3 or 4 hours between
drinks?"

Linda Pohl, IBCLC
Phoenix AZ