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Jo-Anne Elder <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 2 Jan 2005 15:38:23 -0400
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>It seems likely that the number of breastfed babies who are exhibiting normal spit up behaviors is about the same as it always has been, and the number who are experiencing severe medical problems related to normal feeding are probably about the same as they have been.  If there are, in fact, more babies experiencing spitting up than there were in the past, perhaps we should look at ways breastfeeding management and infant care are being changed by parents and society.
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I think this is an excellent point! I was just posting on another list 
about "colic." It is one thing to learn techniques to help mother and 
baby feel better when they are in a fairly common situation. As with 
colic, when a baby is spitting up frequently, I would talk to the mother 
about positioning, time spent on the breast, etc. -- those things I know 
people on Lactnet always check out -- before dietary changes. I also 
talk about what is normal infant behaviour, what expectations we can 
reasonably have of mothering (and these expectations should sound 
"stretchy"!) and how babies can be soothed.

Two of the ways I can think of in which "breastfeeding management and 
infant care are being changed by parents and society" are: 1) experts -- 
and LCs are experts too! -- are often more available to mothers than 
peers and mothers of previous generations, but they talk about slightly 
different things, and 2) more women are breastfeeding than a couple of 
generations ago. I think this changes our view of what "normal" is.  
(Normal, to me, is having a fussy baby and learning to see this as a 
challenge I can deal with! LOL)

I think that a lot of mothers who would have given up breastfeeding in 
the past because of one challenging situation or another within the very 
early days and weeks. So there more mothers really looking hard for 
answers and not having reliable resources on what to expect. Who is 
telling them that they can (and may need to) have their babies close to 
their bodies 24/7, breastfeed several times an hour and then they may 
not be as fussy? Not all the other experts, I am sure.

Jo-Anne

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