Corrine,
You raised an important point that warrants emergence from lurkdom.
IMHO, our focus as educators and health care providers, whether in a
professional or lay capacity, is to be *truthful* rather than "nice".  

We have all encountered parents who are desperate for some undisturbed
sleep. (I am now having chilling flashbacks to the infancy of my
youngest.  Not pretty.)  I think it is helpful to offer parents a quick
rundown of infant physiology and the properties of breastmilk: tiny
stomach capacity, incredibly accelerated growth rate, rapid gastric
emptying time, highly bioavailable food, all of which leads to...<drum
roll>...normal frequent feedings!  Ta-dah!  Many, many times I have
seen the "light go on" when I discuss this with parents.  It is easy to
present this information in an objective, non-emotional manner; it's
simply normal human physiology.  The TRUTH is that feeding a bovine- or
plant-based substance to an infant every 4 hours, and parents getting
undisturbed sleep, is *abnormal* <TIC>. 

Carole Jernigan, RN, BSN, IBCLC
San Diego, California 


> From:    Corrine Flatt <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: Thank you Marsha Walker
> Dear Christina,
> 
> I am with you!  It is sometimes so hard to be nice, when that which
> is nice
> is not always the same as that which is kind or true.
> 
> So how do we be "nice", and still convey that sleeping through the
> night is
> a wrong-thinking selfish grown-up desire, and it is absolutely not in
> the
> best interest of the baby.  


	
		
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