Hi Nikki,

I've been using Linda Smith's "balls you have around the house" concept 
(thank you, Linda!) for many breastfeeding consults and classes.  I can say 
with certainty that the visual has an effect.

I just did a bf consult with a couple who already had one child who had 
been breastfed and wanted help with the second baby.  I showed the balls (I 
use a marble for 1 day, golf ball for 10 days, and tennis ball for adult), 
and the dad lit up and said "WOW, now I see why the baby doesn't need much 
the first day or two!"

I used the balls for a bf class I taught for 20 second semester nursing 
students, and I could hear many "WOWs" and "Reallys?" throughout the room 
when I explained them.

~Dianne Oliver, LLLL, IBCLC
Simi Valley, CA




>Date:    Mon, 26 Sep 2005 14:02:03 EDT
>From:    Nikki Lee <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: question about belly balls
>
>Dear Friends:
>     Does it truly help with breastfeeding for parents  to see these teaching
>devices? How do we know that it helps?
>     warmly,
>Nikki Lee RN, MS, Mother of 2, IBCLC, CCE
>Maternal-Child Adjunct  Faculty Union Institute and University
>Film Reviews Editor, Journal of Human  Lactation
>www.breastfeedingalwaysbest.com
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