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Date: | Tue, 13 Jan 1998 12:07:41 -0500 |
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Beth,
I'm forwarding some wisdom's I received from another educator, that you
might enjoy
>1. Crying (of the baby) would not be so annoying were we not meant to
respond!
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>2. Obviously, baby (healthy, full-term) doesn't need anything other than
what
>mommy has for it, or it would be there.
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>3. Formula feeding is like eating Thanksgiving dinner--i.e., a big heavy
meal
>at which you overeat (take this opportunity to explain how baby overfeeds
with
>a bottle) and just want to sleep for 6 hours afterwards. Breastfeeding is
like
>eating Chinese food--you eat it and your hungry an hour later--but why?
>Because it is lighter, healthier and easier to digest.
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>4. The milk doesn't come in until about the fourth day in order to give the
>mom/baby time to practice--it doesn't have to be perfect yet! Also, my
newest
>theory--with multips, the milk comes in sooner because the mom doesn't
require
>as much practice the second/third time around!
>
>5. Daddy's job (insert other relatives here also) is to teach baby that
LOVE
>doesn't have to go hand in hand with food.
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