Ellen writes:

I repeat  that it is not only nurses who have adopted this harsh way of 
latching the  baby on - there are lots of LCs and IBCLC's who also recommend 
it.  As  Diane W always says - it’s a matter of language - and we are not 
really the  ones to latch the baby on. It is the baby's job to do the latching. 
We just  have to enable him to do it the best he can - and interfere as 
little as  possible with his natural ability to do this. "
Hello again, all,
Ellen thanks for your feedback. After reading the BF Report Card, and  
finding out that we in NY are zero for five on those 5 indicators, I guess it's  
helpful to know others are seeing the same issue. At our recent NYLCA  
meeting/workshop, Dr. Beebe talked about the "agency" of a baby ( in another  
context but I am nothing if not tangential in my shifting of knowledge into 
ever  new applications, probably why I get into so much trouble...:). As  you  
said, the baby is the agent of latching his/herself on to mom's breast. We  
think, from before, and even so many now, that it is mom's job to latch the 
baby  on, IBCLCs are coming over to "fix the latch"  ( yes Kathy Lilleskov 
I hear  you cringing/screaming from here...:), etc. We are controllers, not 
watchers,  facilitators, responders, gentle guiders. It's, as Diane W said, 
our language  that can chip away at the ugly building we call MOM MAKES BABY 
BREASTFEED, and  building up something more like "here is how we move into 
a lovely  breastfeeding relationship between a mother and her breastfeeding 
baby who gets  so many needs met during one 'simple' activity"....
 
Peace,
Judy

 Judy  LeVan Fram, PT, IBCLC, LLLL
Brooklyn, NY,  USA
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