Dear Friends:

Apropos of the topic of baby-led feeding, remember that there are several
articles supporting what Ruth Lawrence MD, mother of 9, has said, i.e.
"....when we bottle-feed babies,we tend to overfeed them."

Control of intake rests with the bottle-holder for newborns. That's where
they learn to associate how their stomach feels with a good feeling.  If
their stomach is stretched, they learn to associate 'streteched' with "good,
replete".

While so far the culprit seems to be formula, I wonder with the predominance
of bottle-feeding in day care, and caregivers ignorance of paced feeding
(where baby controls the intake) when the studies will show how babies can
be overfed with human milk.  I saw a colleague reduced to weaning because
day care was using 40 precious ounces a day and she couldn't keep up and she
was so pressured and miserable....and had to use formula.

I wonder how babies breastfeed at home when they are overfed during the day.
What happens to the mother's supply in that situation? How does the nursing
dyad adapt?

warmly,

Nikki Lee RN, BSN, MS, IBCLC, CCE, CIMI
craniosacral therapy practitioner
www.breastfeedingalwaysbest.com
www.myspace.com/adonicalee

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