>I had a call from a mother of a 6 week old who is going through a divorce. 
>Dad has the baby Fri evening through Sun evening.  Mom is concerned about
>supply and latching issues after such consistent interruptions of 
>breastfeeding. 
>She has asked me to write a letter discussing the impact on breastfeeding with
>such an arrangement.
>
>Does anyone have any experience with this and are there any studies that we
>can cite? 
>
>TIA,
>Judy Hatfield RNC, IBCLC


I hope you'll get some other replies on this, Judy, but I'd like to 
chip in with a plea not to make this solely a breastfeeding issue. It 
is absolutely not good for a baby of 6 weeks to be separated in this 
way from his primary care giver - this does not support healthy 
emotional or  psychological development, and there will be plenty of 
research you could cite on this.

It worries me when breastfeeding becomes the centre of these 
disputes, because it then  plays into the hands of those who would 
say the answer would be simply to stop breastfeeding - and then that 
deprives the baby of the breastfeeding *and* it permits disruptive 
care of the baby.

At this tender age, the baby needs breastfeeding *and* his mother 
without interruption.

Heather Welford Neil
NCT bfc, tutor, UK

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