Dear Friends:
    Not to support the BabyWhisperer philosophy (now who would equate being a
parent to taking care of a horse?).....however, in a class I was teaching, a
nurse said that she used a Haberman as an alternative feeding method and
never had any problem getting a baby back to breast.
    I was intrigued. Maybe there is something to the design of the Haberman,
which does not flow and only releases milk when the baby works the gadget. I
have tried it once in a difficult case, and the breastfeeding did improve.
However there were confounding variables so there is no way to say for sure.
    I think that it should not be used if a baby is chewing as it would
reinforce that behavior. But otherwise? I am curious. Only drawback is the
expense.
    Warmly,
Nikki Lee RN, MSN, Mother of 2, IBCLC, CIMI
craniosacral therapy practitioner; childbirth educator
Elkins Park (a suburb of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; northeastern USA)
supporting the WHO Code and the Mother Friendly Childbirth Initiative

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