> Date:    Tue, 11 Dec 2007 09:35:18 -0500
> From:    Mendy Cockrell <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: Fred Rogers
>
> You might try going to www.fci.org/contact and send an email  
> message to them
> (Family Communications.) If you google exactly what you posted  
> below, I was
> directed to Pittsburgh library archives at www.library.pitt.edu/ 
> libraries It
> seems they have archives of the show. Good luck.
>
> I don't know if you have this on your list, but Fred Rogers also had a
> series of books called First Experiences with one specifically  
> titled, "The
> New Baby." This is a small, full color book with photos and on the  
> page
> where he states, "Babies often get hungry. Sometimes they cry  
> because they
> don't like to wait to be fed. How is your little brother or sister  
> fed?" he
> has two photos, the first on the left is of a mom nursing a baby in a
> rocking chair. Mom and baby are gazing at each other and decent  
> amount of
> breast is showing (mom wearing a regular shirt just lifted up.)  
> Then next to
> it, same size photo is of a dad feeding a baby with a bottle. Both  
> pictures
> are of equal size and both positively portrayed. I like that the  
> picture of
> nursing is shown first :-) It is the only page where a bottle is  
> seen. No
> pacifiers shown and the last page has a family taking a walk and  
> the dad has
> the baby in a front carrier. (It does show other baby gear..crib,  
> swing,
> stroller, and infant seat) and shows ethnicity in the model  
> families.  The
> ISBN is 0-399-21238-8 if interested.
>
> Hope you find what you are looking for.
>
> Mendy
> Born and raised in Pittsburgh, PA and loved that man.
>


Mendy noted the book by Fred Rogers called "The New Baby."  This is  
indeed a fine book for toddlers and preschoolers when a new baby  
sibling joins the family.  My major concern is that when  
breastfeeding and bottle feeding are pictured side-by-side, it tends  
to equalize them in the eyes and minds of the readers (both parents  
and children), as if the two feeding methods are interchangeable.   
Indeed the same baby is shown in both pictures.  No mention is made  
of nipple confusion or preference,  or the many differences in breast  
vs bottle feeding.

This book was published in 1985, before the "back to sleep" campaign  
aimed at reduction of SIDS.  The baby is shown sleeping face down in  
a crib, which would not be viewed as a safe sleep position nowadays.

Other than that, I like that the book is very multicultural and that  
fathers are shown interacting with their children in many ways other  
than just bottle feeding.  The photos are good, the text is clear and  
straightforward, and the older child's many feelings about a new baby  
are treated with understanding and respect.

Anne Altshuler, RN, MS, IBCLC, LLLL

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