I have permission to post. As a bf counsellor I got in touch with a young mother of a 1yo son who she's breastfeeding. The mother has told med she has grown up in a dysfunctional famliy herself , she has "severe AD/HD" and a rather chaotic life. She finds herself she has problems to bond with her son, but in breastfeeding, babywearing aso she finds peace and connects with her baby. She doesn´t mind being woken up 2-7 times per night to breastfeed her son back to sleep. The social welfare authorities though don't understand but wishes that she weans and starts her son on gruel (traditional baby Swedish food) and want her to feed her son a porridge meal "so that he'll sleep through the night". They also criticize her for spoiling him and seeing to her own needs instead of his. I know I have seen somewhere that in a dysfunctional mother-child relation breastfeeding could from the child's point of view be the only "normal" way to relate to its mother. Do you recognze that? Where do I find more about it? Marit Olanders bf counsellor in Sweden and the author of the book Amning i vardagen (Breastfeeding in Everyday life) that is to be released in Sweden in March 2013 *********************************************** Archives: http://community.lsoft.com/archives/LACTNET.html To reach list owners: [log in to unmask] Mail all list management commands to: [log in to unmask] COMMANDS: 1. To temporarily stop your subscription write in the body of an email: set lactnet nomail 2. To start it again: set lactnet mail 3. To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet 4. To get a comprehensive list of rules and directions: get lactnet welcome