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Date: | Wed, 11 Dec 1996 21:33:07 -0500 |
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Hi All, I love this thread!! I come from a long family history of bottle
feeding. I was 17 yrs. old when my uncle married a Korean woman. I really
liked her from the beginning and when she had her first baby---I witnessed
breastfeeding for the first time. I thought it was awesome!! As this baby
grew, I noticed my aunt really parented differently than anyone else I knew.
She concentrated on meeting the baby's needs and worked her daily routine to
accomodate him---instead of making him adjust his schedule to fit her
routine. She would often speak "for" her baby--saying things like, "Mommy do
not put me down, there is nothing here to look at and I want to go with you".
She taught me much. She also practiced family bed (though I did not know
there was a name for it back then) and usually "wore" her child in a
make-shift sling. Anyway, she was my inspiration 16 yrs ago when I had my
first child---I already "knew" that breastfeeding and attachment parenting
were the way to go---this wonderful lady had shown me the path.
Pam Holland, IBCLC
Savannnah, GA
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