Dear Friends:
     The loving caresses and attention of people that are not the mother are
certainly important to a baby. However, for a newborn, the primary need is
for the mother and the breast. The mother's body provides thermal,
vestibular, immunologic, cardiac, neurologic, and respiratory stability,
orientation and safety in a new world, and all the comfort, analgesia,
nutrition, hydration and other properties a baby needs to optimize the
transition from an internal world to an external one.
     You and I are talking about two different things.
     Warmly,

> I hope you are not saying that the loving caresses and attention of
> fathers, grandparents and other family members are not also a source of
> goodness for a baby.
>
> Harvey
>
>


Nikki Lee RN, MSN, Mother of 2, IBCLC, CIMI, CCE, craniosacral therapy
Adjunct faculty, Union Institute and University, Maternal and Child Health:
Lactation Consulting
Supporting the WHO Code and the Mother Friendly Childbirth Initiative

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