<< I would note that the more medical information parents might have can work contrary to the fostering of a good breastfeeding relationship because they tend to go that route instead of trusting their intuition, following baby's cue etc. >> Gretchen, I don't think I exactly agree with you. IMO, the more medical POINT OF VIEW parents have, the more they want rules, which do indeed work contrary to the bf relationship. But the more INFORMATION they have about what bf is and how it works, the better they build their own intuition and the more confident they can be in it. >> Elisheva, I think I'd better not do any more posts at 3 am...What I was trying to delicately insinuate was that many (parent) people from the health care field are reluctant to loosen the grip on the quantitative aspects - measurements and times etc - and trust their intuitive skills - the art part of breastfeeding. I completely agree with you about giving parents all the information they want so that they are more fully capable of making informed choices. That isn't an option without sufficient information. Making them aware that many babies do not read the same book of rules sometimes gently points out that we need to perhaps have parents try to see life from the baby's perspective. This kind of a shift in the point of view can be very helpful and quite a good tool for parents more inclined to impose rules arbitrarily if they can see from the baby's eyes. Gretchen Andrews, BA, IBCLC private practice, Redlands, So CA, USA *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html