>.She >is insisting we put that the baby needs to be tummy to tummy with mom while >nursing. I prefer saying "tummy to chest" I asked a bunch of mothers once when this was bothering me... and don't remember what they said. I tried using the word "midriff," but a lot of people don't know where that is. I tell brand new moms their stomach comes with a shelf to put the baby on. Chris Mulford talks about *pasting* the baby to the mother, and I like that image. Chris, where exactly do you paste him? I think it's the Australians that talk about the baby wrapping around the mom in a comma. Some have said the baby's chest and navel and knees all need to be against the mom. But the exact part of the mom's anatomy? Maybe that's why we need pictures... Kittie Frantz found that telling moms to grab a baby's ankles made them grab the feet, so she tells them to grab their legs and they grab the ankles - or maybe it's the other way around. Interesting how we interpret. Diane Wiessinger, MS, IBCLC Ithaca, NY, who remembers being mystified by what a woman's lap was. It appeared only when she was sitting down; otherwise it was just a skirt. What a moment of enlightenment to realize it was legs! *********************************************** 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