<Sorry to go on so long...>
You go right on, Karen. What you say rings so true, especially
<I'd love to see more instruction provided prenatally, in care providers'
offices with "captive" audiences waiting for check-ups.>
The formula companies sure know this, even to point of donating TV sets
that can't be programmed to anything but what they choose to supply for
it! And the "feeding tools" they illustrate are visually and
kinesthetically much more familiar to young women from having handled toy
bottles and dolls, if not observation of real moms and babies, and
babysitting.
And the privacy of the exam room holds great potential for kinesthetic
teaching prenatally about understanding something of the function of the
breast and how to handle it as a feeding tool!
< I'd like to see all
prenatal providers and CE instructors encouraging expectant mothers to
mother
support group meetings, such as LLL so they can actually see babies
breastfeed and also see how normal babies can demonstrate a range of
feeding
patterns. I'd like to see expectant moms make this a priority.>
Yes! and find a way to include the significant others, especially the
grandmothers with 20-30 year old information who are sometimes right
there in the home trenches 24 hours a day the first week or two, and end
up the major source of information and main influences on decisions that
need to be made.
<-I think Bestfeeding: Getting Breastfeeding
Right for You by Renfrew, Fisher and Arms is about the best for those
first
few, but crucial to breastfeeding, weeks--large print, clear
illustrations,
easy to follow.>
I agree.
Jean
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K. Jean Cotterman RNC, IBCLC
Dayton, Ohio USA
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