In a message dated 11/16/0 12:34:43 PM:

<< There may also be cultural interpretations of when a baby is "hungry"
     or "wants" to breastfeed. What one woman sees as a cue of hunger may
     be taken by another to mean that the baby needs to be cuddled,
     changed, walked, talked to....  >>

Do you agree that the same cues may have different meanings as baby grows?

For example, I tend to tell new parents that for a *newborn*:

"Squiriming, Stretching, Squeeking......Sucking, Smacking, Searching"

means BF the baby.

For an older baby, these cues *may* mean something else, ie teething.

Debbie Tobin
RN BSN IBCLC LCCE
Springfield, Virginia USA
In the suburbs outside the Washington DC beltway
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