Anna: Katie Winchell wrote and excellent piece for JHL (5/4 1992) .... the jist of which is he improtance/need for this dyad to "be" together... she feels that nursing stirkes are often the result of a breakdown in the relationship.. when the relationship is mended the nursing will come back.... She recommends time together, holding napping, bathing, cuddling.. one to one without other interruptions... Patricia