Pat says,

> This is one of my "gripes" with the information that breastfeeding mothers
> get at the hospital.  It would be so simple to tell each mother that her
> baby has grown used to the smells and sounds of the hospital while he was
> there.  It feels like "home." The first night home he will not feel "safe"
> and he should be held or be lying beside someone all night long. [Of
> course, I hope that this will become on-going.]
>

And I say something similar, except that I point out that the baby has been
in at least 8 or 9 different environments since birth (delivery room, hall in
bassinet between Delivery & Nursery, nursery, hall between nursery & PP room;
PP room, hall / elevator between PP and car to go home (don't forget the circ
room, the room where the pictures are taken or the room where they do the
hearing test), the car, and then between the car & the house, and then ALL
the new smells & sights & sounds of the house.  And the new crib and
(hopefully) the mom's bed.  Can you imagine being 48 hours old and
experiencing all of this?  That's why the ONLY place that is familiar and
comfortable is MOM.  Not to mention the seeming 1000 new people that have
handled him between birth and home......

Sigh.

No wonder these babies fuss when they get home.  Talk about moving from Times
Square to Siberia!

Jan Barger -- home in (can you believe it???) snowy Wheaton!

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