Lisa Jones writes: >"Switch nursing" or "super switch nursing" is described in both the "Womanly >Art of Breastfeeding" (p. 325-6) and the "Breastfeeding Answer Book" (p. 94) >as *one* method of increasing milk supply, especially with a baby who has a >weak or lazy suck. Yes, I know - and I have seen it help, and indeed it is worth trying with a baby who loses interest, as long as other factors are looked for, of course. > If a breastfeeding mother is already "hung up" on >getting her baby on a schedule, she may interpret "switch breasts when your >baby slows down or stops nursing" as "switch every five minutes" OR she may >be switching breasts when the baby slows down or stops nursing and it seems >to her to be happening every five minutes ... when explaining the process to >someone else she assigns the five minute figure because it sounds "about >right". Some moms will not always hear what is being said while other moms >will have a hard time giving information third hand. I think this may have been what has happened in this situation, Lisa - a misunderstanding of the suggestion, and/or a misinterpretation when reporting it to someone else. It is a good example, if this is what has happened, of the need to be so careful when explaining things to mothers - they do tend to hear what sounds right to them. Not just mothers either - there is still a rash of health professionals here who have interpreted 'finish the first breast first' as 'only ever offer one breast per feed' and 'don't put a time limit on breastfeeds' as 'it doesn't matter if the baby is on the breast for hours without ever being happy'...... Heather Welford Neil NCT bfc Newcastle upon Tyne UK *********************************************** 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