In a message dated 2/28/2005 4:15:54 PM Eastern Standard Time,  
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In my  practice, I try to educate mothers about how breastfeeding works, 
so they  can find their way with their own baby. 


Dear Friends:
    An easy way to assist a mother to resolve confusion  is to get her to 
listen to the one true expert in her life..........the BABY!  (yes, shouting!)
    All the different nurses, her mother, her  mother-in-law, the TV, the 
pediatrician: each puts in their own oar and tries to  steer the canoe. The 
result is a confused mother, distant from her baby.
    Tell moms not even to believe You; only listen to  the baby and confusion 
disappears! (And only as long as baby is phyically close  to her heart.) She 
only needs this intense closeness until breastfeeding is well  established, 
which can be the end of the first week. Then, she doesn't have to  think any 
more.
    warmly,
Nikki Lee RN, MS, Mother of 2, IBCLC, CCE
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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