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 < <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]>

Subject:  CST video

D​ear 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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