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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