Dear Friends:

I agree with Kathy L. , that the 5 Ss are one more strategy to be used
appropriately.

All WIC staff in my state were mandated to become certified in this method.
 The developer of this method spoke at ILCA, and was endorsed by the AAP.
The developer also admitted here on LACTNET that swaddled infants can't show
feeding cues and that the solution is to feed infants on schedule....which
goes against the evidence about the initiation of breastfeeding. How did he
get endorsed by ILCA?

There was funding to train healthcare workers in HBOTB, but not enough
funding to train healthcare workers in basic breastfeeding management and
counseling techniques. What's up with that? How did a new method achieve
such organizational support? Based on what evidence?

Only now, years later, do we have the first research on the method. Seems
like the cart before the horse, doesn't it?
I hope there are more studies, and that they are truly objective and
well-done.

warmly,
Nikki Lee RN, BSN, Mother of 2, MS, IBCLC, CCE, CIMI
craniosacral therapy practitioner
www.breastfeedingalwaysbest.com

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