Carol, She could try the gradual sort of transition that many mothers use with adopted babies. Darillyn Starr wrote a very good article about what she did with her daughter that you can read at http://www.lalecheleague.org/NB/NBSepOct93p135.html Karleen Gribble Australia So, she's been trying for the past 2-3 weeks to > get the baby to nurse, and baby continues to appear traumatized by the > breast. I suggested a process of undoing the "fear" and kinda going thru a > rebirth process. I've encouraged Mom not to force baby, but to gently nudge > and hold skin-to-skin. Any suggestions? > Carol Chamblin, RN, MS, IBCLC *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] 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