On 24/02/2007, at 5:35, [log in to unmask] wrote:

> Kirsten wrote about an opportunity to speak with family medicine  
> residents
> about "what not to do and say."  [snip]
> Some of my favorites that have actually been said are:
>
> -tongue ties don't interfere with breastfeeding
> -don't let baby use you as a pacifier
> -baby gets all the milk he needs in the first ten minutes
> -don't worry (if you're nipples are sore..., insert whatever is  
> causing mom
> to question breastfeeding) formula is just as good..my kids all  
> were formula
> fed and they turned out just fine
> -let him miss a couple of feeds, then he'll go to breast (this I  
> just heard
> from a mom of baby who couldn't latch)

"There's no such thing as bottle preference/nipple confusion.   
*condescending sneer*"

Lara Hopkins

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