Thanks Karen. I'm really looking for something that I can easily cite for a
paper describing just what you noticed with the boys! ie children will learn
breastfeeding and transfer those skills to adulthood when breastfeeding is
what they see and know and will tranfer bottle feeding skills from childhood
to adulthood when that is what they see and know.
Karleen Gribble
Australia

> Subject: Re: trouble with breastfeeding because of bottles
>
> Karleen, I am pretty sure Rebecca Gover makes some mention of that on
> her "Follow me Mum" video.
>
> I have a little story here that may be of interest.  I recently bought
> some soft dolls from a department store  to demonstrate positioning and
> latching at study days.  These dolls were in their packages in the back
> of a car.  I was making a longish trip and had 2 children (boys) in the
> back of the car getting bored.  they wanted to take the dolls out for
> something to do.  In no time at all I heard all these giggles and looked
> around the see these 2 boys "breastfeeding" these dolls with perfect
> positioning!  It was so instinctive for them.
>
> I compare that to a woman who has had 2 or 3 decades of magazines, TV,
> shopping malls  and living rooms which all show images of babies being
> bottle fed.  No wonder they try and breastfeed their babies in a bottle
> feeding positioning.
>
> If you don't see it, you don't know it.
>
> Karen Palmer
> NZ
>

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