What I find interesting is that I opted not to have a "bucket". Not only
because they are too costly for something that doesn't last very long, but
primarily because I would always see people carrying the baby in their arms
and their purse and other stuff in the "bucket".
I also have instructions on an almost no-sew ring sling on my blog:
http://nurturingnotes.blogspot.com/2007/07/make-your-own-ring-sling-very-easy.html
Renata Mangrum, MPH, RD.
http://nurturingnotes.blogspot.com
http://infantfeedinghistory.blogspot.com
http://www.linkedin.com/in/renatamangrum
On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 10:29 AM, <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> Karen writes:
>
> I was wondering if any WIC LC's or PC's had found any useful ways to help
> mothers decrease the use of "buckets" and encouage more in arms mothering.
> I would love to see
> them discouraged in the clinic but don't think it would fly.
>
>
> ~~
> Are the moms bringing the babes in these buckets then sitting the buckets
> on the floor? No matter how many times it's been mopped or disinfected,
> that
> would be a place where many shoes have trod and the potential for picking
> up bacteria or dirt, which then gets taken home with the baby, is a
> possibility. Could the office say that to further protect little ones,
> please do
> not put children or anything they are seated in, on the floor? Maybe if
> the
> mom had to sit with the bucket in her lap the whole time, it would make
> less sense to use it?
>
> Peace,
> Judy, not a WIC LC, just musing...
>
>
> Judy LeVan Fram, PT, IBCLC, LLLL
> Brooklyn, NY, USA
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