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> From:    Elizabeth Pantley <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Breastfeeding to sleep association
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> Any ideas would be most appreciated!

        Hi!  My name is Victoria Anderson - I have been lurking on LactNet for a
few months now. . .I am responding to the above post. . .
    I am an RN, IBCLC, work full-time at a very busy hospital here, and former
LLL leader here in Atlanta, Ga.  I was in private practice with Patti Carroll,
for those of you who know Patti. . .I felt the urge to write and respond to this
one.  Both of my kids nursed until they were 3 - sometimes babies that age nurse
more often than newborns. . . .perhaps it's a growth spurt;  sometimes I have
learned that it is better to 'work in the solution, rather than the problem'.. .
.i.e., do what works, and gets you the most sleep.  Go ahead and nurse;  it
sounds like he just needs a little food and reassurance, and then he goes back
to sleep.  Maybe referral to a LLL toddler meeting?  Sometimes those meetings
have ones for Dads, too, so they can learn to be more understanding. . . Having
her read the Norma Bumgartner book - Mothering Your Nursing Toddler?
    Sometimes, too, at that age, babies can be a bit overwhelming;  I feel it
helps to realize that, at some point, they all,  learn to sleep through the
night, get potty trained, stop nursing, etc.  I feel, for me, some of my
frustration would come from those acquaintances who could just lay their baby
down, and he / she would just drift off to sleep. . .not mine, either.. . .Hope
some of this helps!  And, that I responded the 'right way' on the
computer!!!                                Victoria

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