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Pamela says:
Whereas
African mothers never did this, though babies were upright after
feeding as a result of being strapped back on the back. It has to be
a cultural myth I think that feeding causes gas or wind. The
European mother would feed the baby, eventually the baby would go
blissfully to sleep on the breast, whereupon the mother would
abruptly sit him up or throw him over her shoulder, and start rubbing
or slapping his back to get up a burp.
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We are mammals. When was the last time you saw a mother cat whap her
kittens on the back after a feed? Where on earth did this come from? I suspect
from the bottle feeding culture.
Not that I've ever seen any animal being "burped" even if they have been fed
by bottle for whatever reason.
Whenever I tell a mom she doesn't have to burp her baby -- for the above
reason, she is SHOCKED. SHOCKED, I say!! She feels compelled to burp for 10 to
15 minutes or whatever it takes. And then whines because feedings take "so
long."
Jan Barger, RN, MA, IBCLC
www.lactationeducationconsultants.com
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