marsha noted,

> or does it have as much to do with those baby buckets
> they get carried around in, which not only misshape their heads (at least to
> our cultural eye) but also do not require them to use neck muscles to hold
> their heads up?  How often are babies carried in arms in our culture these
> days, and how often are they hauled in those buckets or propped in swings or
>

I personally think it is the baby bucket phenomenon.  I'd love to know how
many moms put their babies on the floor at all.  Since I'm from the era where
the baby bucket was left in the car because it was a CAR seat, my babies were
all on the floor -- on blankets until they could crawl, or in arms, or
occasionally in the swing -- or whatever.  Of course, I'm also from the era
of the tummy sleeping....

But frankly, I don't think babies get much interaction with anything -- from
baby bucket to crib and back again.

Today's parents came in with baby totally covered w/ a blanket in the bucket
-- they had to carry her in the bucket from the side of my house to the front
of the house -- at least 30 steps -- it is 80 degrees in sunny Wheaton...  We
had a discussion about rickets and lack of sunshine...

Sigh.

Jan Barger, RN, MA, IBCLC -- Wheaton IL
Lactation Education Consultants
www.lactationeducationconsultants.com

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