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>I had a call from a mother of a 6 week old who is going through a divorce.
>Dad has the baby Fri evening through Sun evening. Mom is concerned about
>supply and latching issues after such consistent interruptions of
>breastfeeding.
>She has asked me to write a letter discussing the impact on breastfeeding with
>such an arrangement.
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>Does anyone have any experience with this and are there any studies that we
>can cite?
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>TIA,
>Judy Hatfield RNC, IBCLC
I hope you'll get some other replies on this, Judy, but I'd like to
chip in with a plea not to make this solely a breastfeeding issue. It
is absolutely not good for a baby of 6 weeks to be separated in this
way from his primary care giver - this does not support healthy
emotional or psychological development, and there will be plenty of
research you could cite on this.
It worries me when breastfeeding becomes the centre of these
disputes, because it then plays into the hands of those who would
say the answer would be simply to stop breastfeeding - and then that
deprives the baby of the breastfeeding *and* it permits disruptive
care of the baby.
At this tender age, the baby needs breastfeeding *and* his mother
without interruption.
Heather Welford Neil
NCT bfc, tutor, UK
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