Using a re birthing-type bathing experience(dim lighting, no expectations, just a pleasant skin-to-skin contact to get back in touch) at a time when the baby was already pretty mellow has helped some mothers end a nursing strike around here....very important for mom to have a helper in the house if she needs assistance, IMHO. Even if no nursing ensues, mom and baby have gotten back in touch...literally. This worked for a mom years ago--*she* did it on her own and *then* told me! She held her baby tightly and spun in a chair until she was slightly dizzy (again, helper needed nearby, just in case) and then put baby to breast. He was so disorientated he forgot he was on a nursing strike and went to town....end of strike. Has worked for many moms since..... :-o Karen Zeretzke, MEd, IBCLC Baton Rouge, Louisiana [log in to unmask] http://www.prairienet.org/laleche/bfcost.html _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]