I like Cynthia's take on positioning; if it ain't broke, don't fix it.  I
had a mother at an LLL meeting once challenge my suggestion to someone with
plugged ducts to nurse the baby in what she must have considered an
unorthodox position, "But isn't that bad positioning?"

I have been known to say that paying careful attention to positioning can be
important in the beginning, but that as babies grow and start having their
own preferences, many bf mothers get more creative.  I was talking to a lady
at the park the other day that said she just weaned her large (25 pound) 8
or 9 month old because he was too heavy to hold anymore.  I was thinking
that pretty soon she wouldn't have had to hold him any more anyway.....  She
did say he didn't like to nurse laying down.

Claire Cutler Eden
La Leche League Leader
Lake Worth, Florida

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