>Well, it seems to me that the breastfed baby has a built-in stress
>safeguard - skin-to-skin contact several times a day. It is possible for a
>bottle fed baby to get that same protection, or at least similar
>protection - but in reality, it rarely happens.

How many mothers of non-latching babies have seen a change in the baby's
whole personality once he begins nursing?  I've come to *expect* it.  Baby
is mellower, "softer" somehow, and may smile following feeds.  I've always
wondered what this means for those babies who never do come to breast... and
for their mothers.
--
Diane Wiessinger, MS, IBCLC  Ithaca, NY
www.wiessinger.baka.com

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