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What a great post! A new way for me to get the point across to nurse often! Hope you don't mind if I share this far and wide. Love it, thanks!

 Kim Ann
LLL Leader 

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On Feb 23, 2011, at 11:36 AM, Diane Wiessinger <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> You could experiment with other ways of encouraging mom to nurse more often.
> Brainstorm with her about reasons for nursing, including selfish reasons
> like wanting to top her off or get her to sleep or keep her quiet or
> reconnect.  Remind her that *we* gain weight on snacks and so do babies -
> that if she skips that 3 minute snack she's missed an opportunity to get
> significant calories in.  If she keeps a number in mind, even if it's a
> higher number, she may still be missing the bigger picture: that nursing is
> something to indulge in often, like chocolate, not something to parcel out,
> like pills.
> 
> Diane Wiessinger, MS, IBCLC, LLLL  Ithaca, NY  USA
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