In a message dated 6/22/08 3:51:51 PM, [log in to unmask] writes:


> I always remind moms that the baby has been being held 24/7 and this is a
> big adjustment (being born) and it takes a while.>>
> 

Pat, similarly, I tell moms: "during pregnancy, for nine months, your baby 
was rocked to the rhythmic beat of your heart, cradled in a cozy zero gravity 
cushion bubble, warmly swaddled in the soothing scent and sound of mommy, and 
*fed continuosly*, nourished non-stop and near-by your heart, ...."


Debbie Tobin
RN BSN IBCLC LCCE

In the Fairfax County Virginia suburbs outside the Washington DC beltway





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