In einer eMail vom 7-11-01 11:22:45 West-Europa (standaardtijd) schreibt
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> But, yes, there can be problems, and I have had great results when I
> have suggested to mothers of distressed babies that they deliberately
> keep the baby on one side for several hours, as is often mentioned
> here.....this is probably a means of dealing with foremilk overload
> in the baby, as a result of oversupply....but I suspect it is more
> subtle than that.
>

In my case the 'subtleness' lays in the fact that when I suggest to do this
(switch breasts only every x hours), that I explain to them that probably the
baby will ask to drink more often, but that that is perfectly normal as it
will get his tummy at ease because his meals will be smaller.
So what I do is via this 'way around' teach moms that our cultural perception
that babies eat every x hours is not good for all babies and that their baby
might be *one of those* that wants more, but smaller meals (and refrain from
telling that in fact probably most babies would like so).
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Gonneke van Veldhuizen, IBCLC
MOM, LLLL, primary schoolteacher
Hiilensberg, Germany

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