In a message dated 10/2/2005 5:39:20 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
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Both you and Teresa have posted so eloquently on these emotional releases
of babies that I think it is terribly important for us to heed what you
are saying and pay attention to the babies in our care -- are we allowing
for this emotional release -- or, for that matter, how many of us even
recognize it for what it is -- spending our time trying to get the baby on the
breast or "shutting" the baby up.
Nikki, have you written anything formal on this? A
handout for parents maybe? Something along the lines of my "Second Night"
handout?
Dear Friends:
Jan makes some heartfelt and sympathetic comments to this emotional
recovery as part of breastfeeding. (After 15 minutes of baby freak-out, we
stopped and his dad took him and gave him a bottle of EBM.)
I have published about this in the June issue of MIDIRS, "Tools for
Breastfeeding Recovery", that includes mention of the catharsis triad of
behaviors. There is a conference presentation also; I love to travel. There
are some interesting videos that can teach us about this type of work,
listening to babies and recovering breastfeeding as babies tell their stories.
This mother is pumping and her boy is receiving nothing but mamma's best
via bottle. We had some brief success with latch using a newborn small silicon
nipple shield with the baby sitting upright, facing the breast; the
distance (as opposed to cradle hold or nursing s2s) seemed to help him feel more
comfortable at breast. The baby does share the parents' bed, and she is
culturally predisposed to breastfeed (she was breastfed, her husband was also).
However, she has to return to work 8 weeks after the birth, so that is some
pressure on her.
She will continue to offer; he was definitely more calm at breast the
second time I saw him and she can cuddle him now. Perhaps that huge
outburst he had at the first visit cleared something?
warmly,
Nikki Lee RN, MS, Mother of 2, IBCLC, CCE
Maternal-Child Adjunct Faculty Union Institute and University
Film Reviews Editor, Journal of Human Lactation
www.breastfeedingalwaysbest.com
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