All this talk of hand held devices reminded me of a lovely post on Science and Sensibility. Not only does texting or surfing take your attention away from your baby, it also puts you in a "fight or flight" type breathing pattern. Here's my favorite part: 
 "Suggest to the mothers you work with the following:

'Mothers, if you find yourself catching up while you are feeding your baby, take intentional, slow, deep belly breaths while you do it.  Keep yourself out of “fight or flight” and in the state so appropriately dubbed “feed and breed” or “rest and digest”.   Your body can actually only be in one or the other state at any given time.  Simple deep breathing will keep your heart rate and temperature down, and your baby will reap the benefits of your biologically soothing presence.  If your baby is awake for the feeding, take a chunk of the time spent feeding or nursing— even if it is only 3 or 5 minutes, to eye gaze, to talk gently, to tell your baby the story of your day so far, or a funny story from your childhood.When you are ready, take a deep breath, tell your baby you are going to catch up on some work or social stuff while she continues to nourish herself and then hit the Facebook, email, or spreadsheets (while continuing to breathe well).  Babies are really understanding people.  Just like everyone, babies do best when we communicate with them and help them make sense of their stories.'"

Here's the link: http://www.scienceandsensibility.org/texting-while-driving-and-texting-while-feeding-the-baby-two-sides-of-the-same-coin/

Best, 
Amy Bohler, IBCLC

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