Hi Nikki:

Not having the benefit of a subscription to Breastfeeding Review, I haven't
read the article. Would love to be able to order a copy online if the
publishers offer it. But I digress.

I want to try this based on your description. I'll try first in the BFing
portion of the Discharge Class we hold daily for our moms before I progress
to individual help that way. Do you use the most familiar breast form - I
think it's from Childbirth Graphics? I have one of those. Or do you or
others have other versions?

I do have a doll of appropriate size but he (blue clothing) has a "bottle
mouth". I use that as an example of a too small mouth - "Don't let babe
slurp your nipple in with this little mouth. You'll hurt and he can't get
much milk that way." Anyone ever found a baby doll with a WIDE mouth?
Probably not, but I thought I'd ask.

Thanks
Phyllis


> Dear Friends:
>     Ruth's post about babies' abilities to breastfeed reminds me of the
> lovely "Hands Off technique" (HOT) that has been described in
Breastfeeding Review.
> The practitioner uses a baby doll and a model breast, sits by the mothers'
> bedside, and demonstrates breastfeeding, using the models. The mother and
baby
> figure it out together in an atmosphere of encouragement.
>     From what I see in hospital, there is an expectation that mother and
baby
> must do it 'right' and 'perfectly' right away and the goal of the
> practitioner is to make it happen. I have had mothers weeping when they
describe how many
> hands have pinched, poked, prodded, ram'ed, shoved and forced baby and
breast
> together. One mother called it 'nipple rape.' Letting mother and baby
figure
> it out together, as long as baby is skin-to-skin and mother is comfortable
> will have the best results in the healthy, normal situation.
>     warmly,
> Nikki Lee RN, MS, Mother of 2, IBCLC, CCE, CIMI
> Maternal-Child Adjunct Faculty Union Institute and University
> Film Reviews Editor, Journal of Human Lactation
> Support the WHO Code and the Mother-Friendly Childbirth Initiative
>
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--- Glendale, AZ, USA
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