Hi Linda,

Perhaps asking questions of the moms we work with will help us to figure our
their preferred method of learning... offer them a few different ways to help
them, charts, demonstrations, hands-on examples... then let them decide what
works best for them, so as not to make them feel pressured to use a method
they don't like.  Besides, as you pointed out, we all learn better if you
employ all of these methods.  I was also told the more of our senses you
involve, the better the learning experience, to put it another way.

I do have a question.  You said that a mother loses 10 IQ points and a father
5 IQ points immediately after the birth of a baby.  Do we ever regain them?
What causes that to happen in the first place?  If a mother has numerous
children, will she continue to lose 10 IQ points per child?  WOW!  Now that's
a scary notion!  So was my IQ 40 points higher prior to having children???? I
must have been a genius!!! LOL

Veronica Scott,
Breastfeeding Peer Counselor Coordinator