>Hi Heather,
>
>You know, I hear what you are saying about all these different people
>feeding this baby and I thought about that as well when I first read the
>story. But it is entirely possible that there would be a succession of
>people bottle-feeding this baby if he were not being fed at the breast.


I wonder.....I think the volunteers have come forward solely to do 
this loving act *because* breastfeeding is being seen as just the 
milk. One sole person, feeding their donated milk in a bottle, 
staying with the baby long-term, is better.  That could even be 
easier to arrange.

However, I agree, it may well be the only solution available to the 
family at this time. We can't judge the details.

But speaking generally, we know that consistent care-giving by one or 
two people is the physiological, psychological and emotional norm for 
human infants.

Heather Welford Neil
NCT bfc, tutor, UK

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