Hi Lee:
I've seen babies have somatoemotional releases as part of CST.
Differentiating between a baby released old stored emotions, and a baby
freaked out in the present is possible.
One has be to be Baby Listener; I am sure most of us on this list can
interpret what babies are saying.
warmly,
On Sun, Sep 18, 2016 at 2:16 PM, Lee Galasso <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>
> Nikki - I felt the same way. In fact, I could not watch the video to the
> end because it upset me so. That baby was screaming for its mother and
> needed to be put to her breast. Then the baby might have become calm
> enough for the CST work.
>
> The video reminded me of what I have witnessed at some breastfeeding
> conferences/workshops: The presenter continued to work on the topic even
> if the demonstration baby was upset. I wondered how the mother could stand
> by and not respond to her baby's need(s); I also wondered how the lactation
> consultants in the audience could stand by and not advocate for the baby.
> It seems to me that everyone must have been working very hard to suppress
> their reactions. What did the whole scene teach the mother and the LCs?
> What a loss of a perfect teaching moment for all to stop and take care of
> the baby.
>
> Warmest regards,
>
> Lee Galasso, MS, LLLL, IBCLC, RLC
>
> Lactation Specialist; Lactation Center of Westchester/Putnam; Westchester
> County in NYS, USA
>
> “Children Are Born with the Need to Breastfeed”
>
> Formula feeding is the longest-lasting uncontrolled experiment in the
> history of medicine.
> ~~ Frank Oski, MD; Chair, Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins
> University, 1985-1996
>
>
>
> Date: Sept. 15, 2016
>
> From: Nikki Lee <[log in to unmask]>
>
> Subject: CST video
>
> Dear Lactnet Friends: The beginning of this video is viscerally
> disturbing to me. Although I have heard wonderful things about Dr. Carol
> Philips, holding a baby in mid-air, and applying far more than 5 grams of
> pressure to put a baby into those positions, and the baby being instantly
> distressed, is not gentle or therapeutic. The rest of the film is familiar
> to me.
>
> Torsion, flexion, and extension can all be assessed and treated
> effectively and gently, and in both directions, cdb in a far more gentle
> manner.
>
> Not my cup of tea at all.
>
> warmly,
>
> Nikki
>
>
>
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