hello everyone.
    im new to the list, so bear with me.

i just wanted to comment on the sleep sharing topic. i joined this list bc i
just began my journey into the field of lactation this month, being hired as a
WIC BFing Peer Counsler. (hello ladies in dayton!)

i am a mother. i am a mother who has discovered parenting from the heart, by
instinct.
i breastfed, bc it was only natural that i do so. and my babies sleep with
me, bc this too, is only natural. it was part of the process. my heart knew it
before my head did. i knew there was a reason that my body tensed and my heart
ached at the sound of my newborn crying for me the moment he left the warm
comfort of my arms,my milk, my touch. it seemed so alein to me that i place my
tiny, new baby to sleep alone,in a cold empty crib after spending so many months
neslted, curled up inside, safe and secure. and me, being the resourceful
knowledge seeker i am, sat down in front of my computer, and began my early quest
to find information to validate my instinct. i discovered mckenna, sears,
gordon, and others. i learned that not only was keeping my infant close to me,
even while sleeping,  common practice in other countries, but that it also had a
name. . and so i learned the phrases "bedsharing" and "cosleeping".
i also found refrences to safe cosleeping guidelines. and where did i have to
look to find this wealth? certainly my doctor should understand this basic
mothering.... or at least my pediatrician... or maybe it can be found in popular
parenting literature.

online. the only place i could find any information supporting my decision
was online. now of course i have since read many books that promote cosleeping
as being a normal and acceptable. but i may never have knew the authors names.


i can gurantee i am not the first, and defnitley not the last young mother to
follow her heart.
and with bfing on the rise, one would think that acess to SAFE cosleeping
information would be made avaliable to everyone. not just to those with internet
access.
now i know this is just my story.but i am telling i guess to give a name, a
"face" to the very people that are affected by the decisions made by "the
powers that be" on what information to to realese to whom.
and also to thank those ladies who in my county are working for us, so as
everyone  walking into a hhs clinic can walk out with CORRECT RESEARCH based
information on infant sleep.

             ***********************************************

To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail
To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest)
To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet
All commands go to [log in to unmask]

The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned
LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(R)
mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to:
http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html