Dear Friends:
    Dr. Odent has written a powerful, concentrated book called the
Scientification of Love. Awesome!
    One of the many pearls in it is the concept of 'adultist' versus
'babyist' points of view. We are an adultist society; all of our focus in the
USA is about what grown-ups
 (really, men) want. What babies want and need, and what mothers need are low
on the list.
    He has given permission for me to share with you the following:

" 'Babyist' Interlude 2: Don't Bite Your Mum!

Twelve recommendations for being breastfed successfully (with the permission
of 'Babies Anonymous'):

1) Choose your country of birth carefully. If you are born in Denmark, for
example, you are twice as likely to be breastfed successfully than if you are
born in France.

2) Choose your grandmother carefully. You are more likely to be breastfed
contentedly if your maternal grandmother breastfed her children, particularly
your mother.

3) Choose your mother carefully. You are more likely to be breastfed easily
if your mum was able, given the opportunity, to give birth without drugs and
intervention.

4) Be assertive from the very beginning. Try to find the breast as early as
possible after being born, ideally during your first hour outside the womb.

5) Avoid anywhere that has an aggressive smell. Your sense of smell is the
best conductor towards a nipple, and one of your first ways of identifying
your mum.

6) Spend plenty of time as naked as possible, in close, skin-to-skin contact
with your mum.

7) Keep your hands free so that you can touch your mum's body while sucking.
There is a hand-to-mouth connection.

8) Choose the family bed carefully. If the bed is low, y ou and your mum will
feel more secure. Your mum will not be obsessed with the fear that you might
fall out. If the bed is wide enough, there might be a little space for
another member of the family, such as your dad.

9) Always express your needs clearly. As soon as your mum perceives what they
are, she starts to release oxytocin, which triggers her 'milk ejection
reflex'.

10) When your mum has eaten something you don't like, let her know.

11) Constantly remind your mum about the fast development of your brain. This
might influence her diet.

12) Don't bite your mum when your first teeth grow."

Warmly,
Nikki Lee RN, MSN, Mother of 2, IBCLC, CIMI, CCE
craniosacral therapy practitioner
Elkins Park (a suburb of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; northeastern USA)
supporting the WHO Code and the Mother Friendly Childbirth Initiative

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