Dear Friends:
    Today at the hospital, a baby had a giant  somatoemtional release. He had 
been nursing well; was already having  transitional stools by day 2! He went 
s2s, and was positioned beautifully to  latch if he wanted. He decided to tell 
his story instead, and raged and shrieked  for a half-hour. He has a lot to 
say; the circumcision was botched and he has a  scab on his penis. 
    The mother has fabulous understanding about  breastfeeding; her sisters 
all do it, her mom did it. During this raging, when  he would root and wail 
then rest, I asked her what she would have done if he had  raged like this at 
home. She said, "Give him a bottle." 
    Exactly! That's why mothers go home with that  lovely black bag with free 
samples. I could see the light bulb go on in her  head; she told me that she 
could see that his wailing had nothing to  do with breastfeeding. 
    What a lucky baby to have such a smart mother with  such a support 
network.
    warmly,
Nikki Lee RN, MS, Mother of 2, IBCLC, CCE
Maternal-Child Adjunct  Faculty Union Institute and University
Film Reviews Editor, Journal of Human  Lactation
www.breastfeedingalwaysbest.com

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