Hi ALl,
Had a funny little thing happen at the Doc's last Wed.
PJ had been running a pretty high temp for 3 days, so I took him in to see
if he had an ear infection or something (which he did, as well as a "puss-y"
throat, {that is what the doc called it}).  Anyway, he had refused to eat or
drink anything from Sunday morning, and as I still have plenty of milk, I
let him BF as often as he wanted, while still offering him "real food".  ;)
Anyway, the Doc said that he looked really good for a little boy as sick as
he was, and he must be drinking plenty as he was well hydrated.  I told her
that, in fact he hadn't done anything but BF for 4 days.  She looked at me
and then said that I really needed to get him out of that "habit" quick,
since I didn't want him to be pulling my shirt up out in public and he was
old enough to not need that anymore.  I smiled, laughed and said "Before we
go any further, let me tell you what I do for a living!"  Then I asked her
point blank: "If this child was not being BF and had refused to eat or drink
for 4 days, what condition would he be in now?"  She had to acknowledge that
he would probably be in the hospital, dehydrated, very ill, etc.  (his fever
had been ranging from 102 -104.5, but he was still in good spirits, not
lethargic, and content to nurse most of the day)
So I gently told her that it was in her patients best interests to BF long
term, especially when illnesses like this happen.  She had to agree!  She
told me that she had never looked at it in this light, and was very gald
that I had educated her.  She also asked me for more info, reading amterial,
etc.  She will kep us as patients (she was new to our peds office, and we
will see her from now on) and learn something in the process!  (also, I can
understand her!  Our regular Ped is asian with a VERY thick accent and is
hard to understand at times, but he is very good, and is BF supportive)
Oh, I also told her that a good remedy for kids who try the shirt pulling up
thing when mom doesn't want them to is to say "No, not now, dear.  We'll
have nursies later."  She liked that one!  Postive discipline without
needing to wean.

Take it easy!

Jay

who is at least 2 weeks behind in reading...sigh...will I ever catch up?

Jay Simpson, CLE
Sacramento, CA
"No Miracles performed here, just a lot of love and hard work."