2 chapters from a book, probably from dear Chris Mulford, she just didn't note the title or date of the book! :-(  They are Chapter 8: Breast or Bottle and Chapter 10: The First Two Weeks.  If this rings a bell with anyone, I'd love to know it's title and date.

The thing that jumped out at me was " Given the wish and with well-informed help, nearly all mothers - probably 95%-can breastfeed, as Waller (1946)  found in Woolwich and as Sedgewick (1921) showed in Minneapolis.   Language and spelling seem British.

I immediately went to read Dr Waller's 1946 article (don't have Sedgwick-will work on that)  "The Early Failure of Breastfeeding: A Clinical Study of Its Causes and Their Prevention."  Arch Dis Child, 1946, 21(105):1-12. Dr Waller quickly honed in on stimulation in the early days and weeks is the key to duration of lactation and that hospital practices of the time worked against this.  ( I remember in 1959, staying 7 days with my first and nursing every 4 hours and not at night and wondering where my milk went by 2 1/2 weeks :-(

Another note about book chapters, most of refs seem to be 1960's.  Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas to all.  Pat in SNJ

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