Jean Ridler wrote: > It's sad that so many mothers nowadays expect their 
babies to feed at
> greater intervals than they themselves eat or drink.  The fact that
> breastfeeding is so much more than food is such a difficult concept for 
> many
> new mothers to grasp.  Sadly I hear mothers labelling their babies as
> "naughty", "spoilt" or "lazy" on day one!
>
> I find that if we can support mothers to just go with the flow for the 
> first
> 6 weeks or so - the baby then weaves its magic and many mothers then "get
> it" and their concerns re schedules no longer seem so important.  But this
> is *hard* work.  It's much easier to help a mother fix a painful latch!
>

This is, I think, one of the reasons why mother-to-mother support groups 
like La Leche League are so valuable. The new mother doesn't even have to 
ask questions, she can see at the meeting that other mothers are just 
nursing their babies whenever they show signs of being interested, and it 
may be four or five times during a two or three hour meeting. If she does 
ask, she'll get lots of reassurance that other babies are just like hers.

Teresa Pitman (who has been happily leading LLL meetings for the past 29 
years!) 

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