"The more I am simply willing to be myself, and the more I am willing to 
understand and accept the realities in myself and in the other person, the 
more change seems to be stirred up."      Carl Rogers (probably in On 
Becoming a Person, can't find it right now.)
Nan Jolly

> What mothers
> need is for us to foster their intrinsic motivation to breastfeed -
> something that is only truly possible if we work with the mother on her
> reasons for breastfeeding, and helping her have a positive feeling about 
> it
> so that she is not only doing it for the baby but also for herself.
> Clare Kirkpatrick  > NCT Breastfeeding Counsellor, UK

> I have struggled with the tension
> which appears to exist between meeting the mother where she is, to
> show her the respect which she deserves, which Kathy has expressed so
> well, and the need to speak for the baby.   I agree with all that she
> has said.  But at the same time, the purpose of breastfeeding, or of
> bottle-feeding, is to feed the end-user, the baby.  And what the baby
> is fed has life-long health consequences.  We have to work with the
> mother because she is the one with the power in the relationship to
> make the choice about what the baby will be fed, and to carry it
> out.  What bothers me is how much respect or advocacy we owe to the
> baby? > Pamela Morrison IBCLC

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