On 19 Sep 2002 at 0:08, Susan Johnson wrote:

> Cathy brings up a sticky issue I run into:
> <<in most places in the US, paretns are told not to
> bathe a baby before the umbilicus falls off. This
> erects a barrier to using the low tech, high touch,
> low cost, convenient, highly effective technique of
> co-bathing to help reluctant babies latch on.>>
>
> How do others handle this?  I'm a huge fan of
> co-bathing but many moms tell me they have "doctor's
> orders" not to put that belly in water.

The funny (but sad) thing about this, is that in the Netherlands the baby can be bathed
with the umbiliculus on (will even be bathed directly after birth, I was really upset about
that), but the mom is told not to bathe untill the lochia has stopped flowing. So for the
first 6 weeks: have a shower, not a bath.
---
Heleen Hayes
Je kunt vanaf nu de borstvoedingsagenda 2003 bestellen
Informatie vind je op http://www.xs4all.nl/~hhayes/agenda

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