Marsha Glass wrote:I just wonder what it is about mothers from more "civilized" societies =
that makes us think we get everything wrong and that the way a more primitive
society does a particular (natural) thing must be the right way and we =
have somehow tainted it with our civilized ways. 
 
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I think the idea of frequent nusing, very frequent nusing like in #/hour rather than #/day, does not stem from antropological study only, they're merely used as illustration. The real knowledge comes from the composition of human milk. Compared to other mammal milks and relating animal offspring nursing behaviour with their milk's composition, one can only conclude that humans belong to the animals that carry their young and nurse very frequent.
In my classes I use a slide comparing animal milk composition and animal offspring nursing behaviour that clearly illustrates this. It's a pitty that I can't recall where I got the data that I based this slide on. But I'm sure it can be duplicated by some lit research on mammals, milks and behaviour.
 
warmly (literally ;-), 26C at 8.30AM already  )
Gonneke,
Dutch IBCLC, living in Germany, teaching in Belgium



		
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