I spend some time in my classes and private sessions pointing out to parents
how babies were born to breastfeed--about their innate reflexes and the
physical structure of their face and mouth.  I then take them through the
progression of feeding cues-- beginning with the subtle and progressing to
the late (crying).  I ask them about their "feeding cues" and the progression
of hunger.  What is the first sign?  How do they feel when they have to wait
awhile to eat?  I find parents are fascinated by this information and listen
well.  Babies just tell us things in a slightly different dialect of the same
language we already speak.


Pat Predmore, RN, BSN, ICCE
Lacation Counselor