In einer eMail vom 12-8-01 5:19:33 West-Europa (zomertijd) schreibt
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> I wonder why they
> are so afraid to be NEEDED?
... Perhaps because there was no one to attend their real needs when they
where babies....
The generaton of young moms around now are the ones that where raised at the
top of the I-age, onlyor at least at first meeting ones own needs, instantly
getting what you want.
I somtimes read a Dutch parents forum and complete discussion go around the
bottle-breast discussion. Main reasons for moms who choose to AF is that they
themselves do not like BF , that they themselves couldn't stand
inconveniences, that  they themselves did not want to give any of their
habits, etc. Many mothers openly tell that they choose based on what they
want and that babies' health is only a secundairy thought! I once made the
mistake of writing that if the baby could choose etc. and I got flamed for it
like I was writing some kind of racistic propaganda.

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Gonneke van Veldhuizen, IBCLC
MOM, LLLL, primary schoolteacher
Hiilensberg, Germany

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