One of the most important lessons I learned early on was from a mother who 
had successfully and happily bottle fed 8 babies.  She thought it might be a 
nice idea to breastfeed baby number 9.

 I first saw this baby at 7 days.  She was jaundiced and taking almost 
nothing on test weight (mother had hired a scale).  She was mostly bottle 
fed.  To be brief, this mother ended up breastfeeding baby for about 3 years 
and baby number 10 as well.  She also refused to wean when her doctor told 
her she had to go on hormone replacement therapy (because of her age and 
amenorrhoea) and various other hiccoughs.  She became a role model for her 
older children and the other women in her religious community.  And I had 
judged that she would *definitely* not breastfeed beyond another couple of 
days......  I provided support and info and left her with a WAB.  What a 
lovely surprise and a valuable lesson learned.

Jean Ridler  RN  RM  IBCLC
South Africa   [log in to unmask] 

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