Dear Renee,



You are right to say adults do not decide how babies feed it best to follow baby cues. What Naomi and I were talking about is how to help a mother understand why it is best to follow baby cues by watching her baby and why frequent feeding is important and not space out feeding. Just as you mentioned spacing out may mean baby losing out on some portion of the cream. 



Yasmin

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Subject: hot water metaphor and fat in milk



I'm usually a lurker, but I have to respond here.  I am concerned about talking about this kind of thing to mothers.  They get all bogged down with "is my milk ok?" and start worrying about timing to get a particular nutrient rather than just watching the baby.  Also, babies should be deciding how frequently they eat, not the adults.  (I'm talking full term, healthy weight-gaining baby of course!)  Maybe babies are eating frequently because moms have LESS  fatty milk  and another baby doesn't need to eat as frequently because mom produces cream!  

In my experience, new mothers already have too much "head" information and need to be taught to simply watch the baby!

Renee



Renee Beebe, M.Ed., IBCLC 

Lactation Consultant/Postpartum Doula 

(206) 356-7252 

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