Yes, Diane baby steps. Have you read Darillyn's story of how she worked with
her daughter Julia to breastfeed
?http://www.lalecheleague.org/NB/NBSepOct93p135.html I think this article is
required reading for anyone working with getting a baby (back) to
breastfeeding.
Many women have used the same or similar techniques to teach adopted
children to breastfeed. I get frustrated every time I hear that another
mother to be has been told that her child is too old to be taught to
breastfeed and it seems to happen regularly. Personally I don't think that
it is ever too late and that the most important ingredient is patience and
persistance on behalf of the mother and to have that she needs support and
encouragement.
Karleen Gribble
Australia
PS Trish, what's the latest with Bobby
PPS Tina, after reading your post I'm really looking forward to your talk at
ILCA it just better not be on at the same time as mine!



> For the first time ever, it really, really hit me that this is all just a
> conditioning issue.  We can condition virtually any animal to do all sorts
> of abnormal things.  Surely we can condition even the most adamantly
> resistant baby to begin doing what he's built to do, if we make the steps
> small enough.
>
> This was all a strong reminder to me to think outside the box, and to
think
> of a baby's reluctance as a simple conditioning issue that just needs to
be
> addressed one small step at a time.
>

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