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Date: | Wed, 31 Jan 1996 23:22:13 -0500 |
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Had to share what turned into a terrific afternoon-even tho I lost=
one of
my favorite earrings (only one, so pair is ruined) AND it was still=
-27=B0F
with windchill when I had to venture out. My garage door lock had=
frozen,
so it cost me $35 just to get my car out of the garage! Not a good=
omen
for the rest of the day.
Anyway, I was invited to do a brief 1-hour presentation to home health=
care
nurses whose company is developing a mother-baby service. In the=
course of
the prsetnation, (keeping things very simple), I decided to focus=
on
positioning.
One woman sitting next to me was nibbling on a cookie so I asked=
her to be
a model. I asked her to take a bite of the cookie. Of course, she=
faced
the cookie and took a bite and chewed and then swallowed it. I asked=
her
how it felt to swallow and she said, "wonderful, and it was tasty,=
too!"=20
Everyone laughed.
Then I asked her to look at me, turning her head over her shoulder.=
Then I
asked her to take another bite of the cookie, keeping her head over=
her
shoulder. She took antoher big bite and then said, "I can't swallow=
it in
this position." (Couldn't have said it better myself). We then=
talked
about what a baby feels like when only her/his head is facing the=
breast.=20
Talk about a teachable moment! I have tried this with water in the=
past,
but it is a) more likely to be messy and b) doesn't stay so obviously=
in
the mouth and thus be so difficult to swallow. I recommend cookies=
or a
piece of cracker for this.
I figure the best thing about the demo-besides the fact everyone=
enjoyed
watching the model-was the fact that they are not likely to forget=
what she
said to my question.
Enjoy and anyone who wants to should feel free to "own" this demo=
for
themselves.
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Def. of LC service: "We are all faced with a series of great opportunities
brilliantly disguised as impossible situations." =20
Kathleen G. Auerbach,PhD, IBCLC (Homewood, IL)- [log in to unmask]
WEB PAGE: http://www.mcs.com/~auerbach/lactation.html =20
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