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>Date:    Tue, 11 Oct 2005 16:16:49 -0400
>From:    Norma Ritter <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: pacifiers
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>I DO think that many new mothers find it easier, in the midst of the
>early *fog,*  to have a clear set of instructions.

The early "fog" of childbirth is one thing, but I'm also referring to long 
before that and long after that- like when one is choosing her health-care 
provider or deciding on prenatal testing or *choosing* (and I use this word 
with regret) how to feed their newborn baby before the baby arrives or 
deciding where to have the baby sleep.  Just a few examples that come to 
mind for me when I think of moms blindly accepting the recommendations of 
some authority.

>Unfortunately, as we all know, babies, like adults, are unique
>individuals, and differ considerably in their behaviour patterns. One
>size does NOT fit all.

Absolutely right, and this is why this AAP recommendation will really do a 
great disservice to many, many families.  Because there will be parents who 
would otherwise have enjoyed a wonderful breastfeeding relationship with 
their babies in bed with them that will now passively comply with the AAP 
recommendation.

>Maybe what we need to start with is a better
>educational system, one which encourages children to ask
>questions.<GASP!>

Oh yes, definitely!  And parents need to teach their children to question.


>I DO NOT think that most people are *not terribly bright,* but I DO
>think that they are poorly educated

Correction accepted.  :-)  I realized after sending the post that my 
half-hearted attempt at political-correctness was probably not going to go 
over too well with people.  (But maybe we could just change *most* to 
*many*?? ;-)

>  If we only SEE babies doing certain things, we
>begin to think of them as normal.

Yes, exactly.  And that is why it is so very important for all nursing moms 
to nurse any age baby/child anytime, anywhere.  The more society sees this, 
the more breastfeeding is normalized

>What we need to do, of course, is to change the cultural norm to the
>biological norm.

We're all doing our darnedest; I know that!  :-)

~Dianne Oliver, LLLL, IBCLC
Simi Valley, CA
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