I've always thought that the older the child the less likely they will
learn to or return to breastfeeding. So for instance, if you have an
adoptive child who has never breastfed, and the child is older than a
year, then the likelihood of that child ever learning is much smaller
than say a three week old adoptive baby who has never breastfed. That
doesn't mean I wouldn't encourage a mother to try to breastfeed. I
would. But I would probably encourage them more to produce milk so that
human milk, even a small amount, could be given to their baby. I would
also encourage bonding behaviors, such as cosleeping, babywearing, skin
to skin contact, and, if a bottle is given, bottle feeding as though the
baby was nursing (in the nursing position). Also, I would encourage
that if a bottle was given, that the baby not be encouraged to hold
their own bottle, but instead the mother/father/caregiver should give
the bottle while holding, talking, etc. with the baby.
Joylyn
Karleen Gribble wrote:
>I sent the following post a few days ago but didn't get any replies so I'm sending it again. Do no replies mean that no one has heard this before???
>Karleen Gribble
>Australia
> Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2004 5:47 PM
>
> I've got a question for LLLL.
> Over the past few years I've heard from several adoptive-mothers-to-be who have been told by LLLL that children who are 12 months or older at placement can't be taught to breastfeed. I heard this from a mum just this week. She went to a LLL meeting, was told this and didn't feel at all supported. I'm wondering if someone at a LLL conference or somewhere else associated with LLL has told leaders this? It just seems strange that the 12 month mark has been come up repeatedly. Can anyone elighten me?
> Karleen Gribble
> Australia
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