Eileen Shea wrote:
> Thank you  Dr. Jenny Thomas, I always discuss with the doctor involved 
> if I am not comfortable with  with his/her suggested treatment.   It's 
> very easy to say or write, that I saw the 2 week old baby and I thought 
> things were going very well.  generally breastfed babies have soft 
> stools until they start  solids, baby has good weight gain etc.  Is 
> anything else a concern at this time?   I've never had a physician tell 
> me to butt out or mind my own business. Sometimes I learn a lot from 
> this sort of dialogue and sometimes the physician does the learning.    
> It's a win-win situation.    
I agree with Eileen Shea  (who, by the way, taught me my first 
breastfeeding course!) that it's important to provide information. A 
good approach is to build on strengths -- by building on your strength 
(breastfeeding expertise, knowledge about this client's breastfeeding 
situation) and by acknowledging someone else's approach (medical care, 
knowledge about this client's medical history) we are creating higher 
levels of shared knowledge as well as improving respectful rapport. It 
shouldn't be much different from the way we communicate with our 
children, our clients, or the strangers we meet in the street: we always 
need to meet people where they are and assume good intent.

Jo-Anne

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