FROM: Sturgess, Frances Coulter
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SUBJECT: Ellyn Satter/How to Get...
DATE: 04-17-97   19:29 EST
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Susan--I'm glad you posted.  I used to recommend Ms Satter wholeheartedly
myself then went back and took a good look @ CHild of MIne and was
appalled...not that the info on brfdg itself is not good, just she bends over
backward IMHO not to offend the other stuff.  Someone else has my copy of HOw
To Get and I could not check it out.  So now I too use much caution when
recommendingit, though still quote stuff like the Incredible Variation in
"milk" drunk by a baby day by day (for folks who feel they MUST have a guide
on amounts...)

Question--as you are in Wisconsin and so is she--(yes, I know its a big
state)any interest on the part of anyone there  to do a "Mediawatch" type
letter to her regarding updating/revising her texts, or anyone know her
personally?



Date:    Mon, 7 Apr 1997 08:05:57 -0600
From:    Susan Horein <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: great book for mom with 1 yr old - reply

I too enjoyed "How to get your child to eat..." by Satter, but have one
caution about it.  The information on offering table foods to children is
refreshing, but some of the information on breastfeeding and weaning is
IMHO not.  The author's own wonderful advice about trusting the child to
eat doesn't seem to be applied to the extended breastfeeding relationship.


Some examples:  "If your toddler is still on the bottle, it is because you
missed your chance at weaning." (p. 182).  The section on Breastfeeding in
the chapter on The Child Who Grows Poorly dwells quite negatively on
problems (not solutions), especially problems "that can't be overcome".
And I'll let this quote speak for itself:  "Some people try to breast-feed
when they really shouldn't.  They don't really want to.  With the current
emphasis on breastfeeding, almost everyone feels obligated..."

This book was recommended to me by a nutritionist who is on the LLLI
advisory board, but it is not in the LLL bibliography of "approved" books.
I only recommend this book (with caution) to mothers who are well
established and confident in their breastfeeding relationship.  If you can
read past some of the breastfeeding info to the great other-feeding tips,
it's a very useful book.



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Susan Horein
Wisconsin, USA
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