On Sun, 22 Jun 2008, Pat Young wrote:
I always remind moms that the baby has been being held 24/7 and this is a 
big adjustment (being born) and it takes a while.   Pat in SNJ 

Pat, this is exactly what I tell Mums, that their baby is making a very big transition from being fed 24/7.  I like to comment that their baby is "amazing", "already" going an hour or two between feeds, and with some longer intervals.  They mostly seem to take on the new, positive perspective.
I also ask them when they noticed their baby was most active in the last weeks of pregnancy, and they can see that the baby was awake and active at night *before* birth, when it had nothing to do with how they manage feedings.
By the way, I'm going "nomail" today.  So I'll only see messages sent to me privately.

Virginia Thorley, OAM, MA, PhD, IBCLC
IBCLC Lactation Consultant (original cohort of 1985).
Cultural Historian of the History of Medicine.
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
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