>Much emphasis on how babies and kids who have had their needs met are
>much more able to deal with life's stresses later on in life.
>
My husband and I dearly loved this interview -- this man should be a
conference speaker!  does anyone know him personally?  He treated
breastfeeding as the norm-- as in babies should be in bed so they can be
breastfed easily.  My favourite part of the interview was his reply to the
question about how long the babies should share their parents bed. He said
oh around two years they become interested in their own mattress and when
they are 4 or 5 interested in their own room.  He was SO matter of fact as
if all of this should be/is common sense that the reporter was quite off
balance :)
I loved it.
Twenty years later someone reaffirms what we and our other 'crazy' friends
were doing! I hope this is widely publicized. I will definitely be using it
to reinforce my current prenatal information... Now I can say not only is it
safer and easier for mom and babe but there is research to prove it has
longterm mental health advantages.  I will continue to use the line "Adults
don't need excercise at 3 in the morning" somewhere in the discussion as it
always gets a laugh ;)
>"Without interest and passion, nothing great has ever happened in history.
GWF Hegel"           Rhoda Taylor, B.A., IBCLC, Duncan, B.C., Canada<