As a point of clarification on this discussion, I thought the reason I
see only the breastfeeding moms was not because BF is difficult but
because helping  w/ breastfeeding is a specialized skill that most nurses
have not acquired.  Since we live in a bottle feeding culture, nurses
"know" bottle feeding, have received training in bottle fdg. and are
therefore capable of teaching bottle fdg.

(On the other hand, how come these same nurses who know so much about
bottle feeding give 30 -45 cc of the other stuff to newborns many of whom
then end up in the nursery an hour or two later because they became so
gaggy and spitty?  I guess if nature intended  you to get 2 - 15 cc of
colostrum per fdg.,  a huge slug  of formula would probably make you feel
pretty yucky .

But I digress.  I actually think many of the points made in favor of  LCs
seeing bottle fdg moms are well taken.  If we only had the time where I
work.  We barely have time to see the all the BF moms some days.

Jan Barger, is Linda Kutner's bottle fdg. instruction sheet available
anywhere?

Mary Cummins, M.Ed., IBCLC
Scottsdale - see you all here next summmer


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