Dear Lactnet Friends:

In the lovely DVD "From Bottles to Breasts to Baby Friendly", Dr. Barbara
Philipp is  shown examining a newborn in the mother's room, and talking
with the parents.  One of the things she says is that , "All babies loose
weight. They are supposed to loose weight....."

When the health care staff lives and projects that attitude, mothers will
stay calm too.

When health care staff freak out about weight loss, mothers learn to freak
out too.

To quote from Dr. Vaughn's latest post, "the issue the researchers had
identified in their unit was that mothers whose babies were losing a lot of
weight were more likely to become disillusioned with breastfeeding and turn
to supplementation or give up altogether, despite health staff's best
efforts to persuade them otherwise."

We can not persuade a mother out of her fear. We have the responsibility to
keep her calm.

warmly,

-- 
Nikki Lee RN, BSN, Mother of 2, MS, IBCLC, CCE, CIMI, ANLC, CKC
Author:* Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Breastfeeding Therapy*
www.breastfeedingalwaysbest.com
https://www.facebook.com/nikkileehealth
*Get my FREE webinar series
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