>> VERY FEW people go 4 hours between "feeds"-even 3 hours was not
>>seen very often.
>
>And boy do people get grumpy if they're not given something to eat/drink on
>an airplane flight of an hour or so.  Why do they want the food so badly?
>Because they can't get up and walk around, because they're stuck in one
>place with nothing to do and food is a pleasure, because they can't watch
>television.  Sounds kind of like a baby's life...
>
>Diane Wiessinger, MS, IBCLC  Ithaca, NY


LOL!

I sometimes ask a class, when talking about this situation, if they can
think about other situations when they are asked, or ask, for food or drink
or a cuddle outside 'normal' times - do they say ' no,  I just gave you a
hug 20 minutes ago' or 'it's not time for your cuddle yet' or 'no you can't
have a glass of water - I don't care if it's hot and you've been working
outside - wait for another 2 hours' etc etc.

Quite apart from the physiology of the whole thing, it is quite
preposterous  to expect babies to have love, contact and comfort 'rationed'
according to some disciplinary time table.

Do the Ezzos, for example, only eat or drink (or cuddle) once every 3-4 hours?

Heather Welford Neil
NCT bfc Newcastle upon Tyne UK

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