Me, I'm checking!
Yes, the instinctive need and ability to breastfeed is seen in children
adopted after abuse/neglect and we're not talking about babies. These are
often kids who have been institutionalised since birth, have never really
left the room that they have been living in and who have probably never seen
breastfeeding. How do they know that they should breastfeed??? How do they
know how to do it and why do they want to?? I think that it is to do with
those instinctual desires and abilities. I have published in this area.
http://apt.allenpress.com/perlserv/?request=get-abstract&issn=1097-8003&volume=019&issue=03&page=0217
Karleen Gribble
Australia

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rachel Myr" <[log in to unmask]>

> My hunch is that this instinctive behavior is so important to life itself
> that it is latent for a long long time, probably for at least as long as
it
> is physiologically normal for a child to breastfeed, which would be
several
> years.  But who's checking?
>
> One reason we may not see it in older babies is that the ones who haven't
> figured out latching by the time they are a few weeks old, are unlikely to
> continue to be offered the chance to demonstrate it.
>

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