>"We know that there is a risk that when a mother gets used to supplementing
>(with ABM, EBM or whatever) it can become a habit she gets into - every
>time the baby squeaks, she thinks she can't have enough milk, and the baby
>is given something extra. It does not promote confidence in the process, or
>the relationship, of bf."
>
>I hear what you're saying, Heather, about it not being necessary to
>routinely express or pump the "extra" milk, but because I work with a fair
>few low-weight-gain or failure-to-thrive babies, I have to respectfully
>query that this can become a "habit".  Or that the mother can have her
>confidence undermined if she needs to do this.

I agree with you Pamela - low-weight-gain or FTT babies may well be helped
by their mothers experessing. I was talking about healthy, thriving babies
: )

I would much rather see a low-weight-gain or FTT baby being treated this
way with expressed breast milk.


Heather Welford Neil
NCT bfc, Newcastle upon Tyne UK

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