Susan writes:

"And as  for U and C holds -- I think I abandoned any mention of those 
except as  historical anachronisms about 7 years ago and "football" or "cradle" 
hold  terminology was eliminated from my handouts at least five years ago. " 
 
~~~ Interesting. I admit I still use the phrases "football ( American  
kind)", and "cradle" and "cross cradle." Most moms still use them, so I guess I  
use them too then work "outward" to skills and phrases and "positions" of 
some  biologically nurturing style and offer that option as well. It's also  
interesting how many times I've done a follow-up visit and the mom has gone 
back  to whatever position/hold/style she was using before I was there, even 
though it  was harder for the baby to latch on comfortably, or even at all, 
and mom working  SO HARD to LATCH the baby. Moms I think are still told by 
so many MDs and some  breastfeeding group meetings, to LATCH their baby on. 
Helping mom let go of her  impression that it's her job ( or mine, as the MD 
told her) to LATCH the baby  on, is a challenge. Babies in BN positions 
show their amazing competence, and  mom needs the ability to relax/have 
patience to let baby work their  way to their own self-attachment. It doesn't 
always work, I find, but it's  always good to try, and when it does work moms are 
often  thrilled both that it worked and thrilled how cool their  baby is to 
be able to really do it...:)
 
Peace,
Judy




Judy LeVan  Fram, PT, IBCLC, LLLL
Brooklyn, NY,  USA
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