Barbara Latterner wrote: The news item from the link below really needs
Weissinger-izing. It would be much more powerful if it were.
The study adds to the "overwhelming evidence that women should, if they
can, offer breast milk to their babies," she added. This sentence
especially bothered me because it separates mother and baby, and on a
humorous note, when I read it, I imagined a baby sitting at a table like an
adult being offered a glass of mother's milk as if it were a good wine. To
offer, in my mind, means the possibility of refusal and choice, and yes
babies of all ages are said to be offered the breast, but I just see
breastfeeding as something babies/children need, not want. I don't mean to
be nit picking but that sentence just jumped out at me and rubbed me the
wrong way. Overall, the article sends a good message though.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20081029/hl_hsn/breastfedbabymaymeanbetterbehave
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Lee now: Barbara I absolutely agree with you. Although this study is
positive toward breastfeeding, at the end it emphasizes breastmilk as
important. It would be wonderful if some LACTNETTERS who have direct
contact with any of the researchers would communicate to them that the
BREASTfeeding may be more directly involved in affecting the children's
behavior rather than the breastmilk that benefits brain development. The
researchers may want to study this other aspect. IMO, the mother-child
bond/relationship, physical contact, eye contact, etc involved in
breastfeeding create more security; security reassures the children of the
love they are receiving; the feeling of being loved leads to more happiness
and a positive outlook on others; that positive outlook prevents many
negative acts/behaviors. After all, isn't there research to show that
prison inmates were looking for love and attention when they committed
crimes? The same is reported for children who misbehave in school. My
background in child development at the undergraduate and graduate level, as
well as my experience as an elementary school teacher, supports that
opinion.
The duration of breastfeeding and the manner of weaning are also important;
children who voluntarily stop breastfeeding are probably more secure than
children who are forced to stop, even at the same age. Again this is my
personal opinion, having watched this phenomenon for over 30 years. These
thoughts can be Wiessingerized, as well.
Let us remember the recent thread on LACTNET regarding the WHO
Code-violating pump company promoting pumping and breastmilk-feeding in a
bottle rather than BREASTfeeding; many LACTNETTERS objected to that for the
same reason: breastmilk does not equal BREASTfeeding.
Warm regards,
Lee Galasso, MS, LLLL, IBCLC, RLC
Westchester County in NYS, USA
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"Children Are Born with the Right to Breastfeed"
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