Wow, and I just checked her on the IBLCE web site - she IS currently
registered as an IBCLC!
How did she pass the exam?
Larisa Walk, RD, IBCLC
California, USA
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Subject: Criso Breastfeeding Method???
Hi all,
Sorry I did not introduce myself in my previous post. I've been lurking
(with an occasional post) for years and feel like I know all of you
already. I think I keep waiting for some impressive credentials before
posting more actively. ;-) I am a mother of three girls, ages 9, 7 and
2, and an LLL Leader on Long Island, in New York. I've been dreaming of
becoming an IBCLC for the past four years and hope it will become a
reality soon.
Anyway, somewhere (maybe Facebook) I followed a link to a free
breastfeeding video in honor of WBW. I was going to share it with my LLL
Group, but realized that I should probably watch it first before passing
it on. I'm very glad I did, as I will NOT be passing it on.
The teacher is Shari Criso, whom I have not heard of before. She teaches
the "Criso Breastfeeding Method." Her website says that she is a CNM and
IBCLC. Is anyone here familiar with her?
I've watched the first 7 chapters (about half) of the class so far and
progressed from being mildly uncomfortable to somewhat horrified. Some
of it came across like an infomercial and seemed to almost guarantee
success if you follow her rules. She also uses a lot of her own personal
breastfeeding experience, with the assumption that everyone else's
experience will be exactly like hers. When she gets to the details of
breastfeeding, the tone is very prescriptive, lots of you "must" do this
and "must not" do that. She recommends (practically insists) that all
mothers must sit upright, use a nursing pillow, put their feet on a
nursing stool of a certain height, and support the breast with one hand
for the entire feeding. Not that any of these things are bad, per se,
but it's a very one-size-fits-all approach. When explaining why she
doesn't like the football hold, she states that to keep the baby really
close to your body in that position without straining your hand, you
would have to practically recline with the baby on top of you. Then she
says with a laugh: "Who's going to recline with a newborn?" -- I guess
she hasn't heard of Biological Nurturing!
By the end of chapter 6 I started feeling that breastfeeding, with its
strict rules, might be too complicated for me (and I've been nursing for
7 of the last 9 years!).
However, it was chapter 7 that really shocked me: according to her, the
way to prevent sore nipples is using an organic nipple cream after EVERY
feed "from the very first feeding" and LIMITING FEEDING TIMES for the
first few days. Silly me, I thought it was good positioning and deep
latch that prevented sore nipples... She even has a rule: 5 min/side on
day 1, 7 min/side on day 2, 10 min/side on day 3, etc. Hasn't the
lactation community been speaking out against this type of rule for at
least 40 years? She specifically directs mothers to remove baby from the
breast at these set times, and to give a pacifier if baby still wants to
nurse. She actually says "Don't let your baby use you as a pacifier" and
that she believes it's fine to give a pacifier FROM BIRTH, and that the
baby won't get any more colostrum from longer feedings.
There are numerous other examples of advice that seems completely
contrary to evidence-based practice, but this message is probably too
long already. I can post more later if people are interested. I'm trying
to psych myself up to watch the rest of the chapters because it's hard
to just sit and listen to totally wrong information imparted with such
authority.
Curious to know if anyone else has watched this video.
http://sharicriso.com/mybabyexperts/
Jennifer Sokolow
Long Island, New York
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