Rachel writes:

About that Cohen book: if we should just rely on our instincts about BF,
why should we do any different about nighttime sleep?  What would be the
adaptive function of the 'abandonment instinct', which I have just named
here?  I am referring to the advice to tuck an awake 4 month old into bed,
kiss her goodnight, and then come back the next morning.  Has anyone ever
seen a mother *instinctively* leave her baby, who is helpless to do
anything about it but cry, and then not respond to the baby's distress?
Because I sure haven't!  When I see it it is ALWAYS a learned behavior,
usually from some crackpot book.

And I say AMEN!!!

Kathy Boggs, RN, IBCLC

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