re: What are parents supposed to do--glue the piece of plastic into the baby's mouth at night, put him all alone into a crib on his back, in a separate room, andwire him to an apnea monitor, motion sensor, sonar, radar, and install a telemetry unit in their bedroom? I hate to say it, but I do know some mothers of preemies who have come home from the hospital doing exactly that! re: the dr. who said to nurse until the baby could ask for it and then stop. When we had our 1st my husband and I said the same thing. How little we knew! Our daughter was a fluent talker by 10 mos. and was able to tell us unequivocally for the next five years how SHE felt about being weaned. (She finally gave up the boobie just past her sixth b-day). For those parents fortunate enough to just be encouraged to follow their heart and their baby's lead, miracles do happen! *********************************************** 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(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html