In einer eMail vom 30-10-01 6:19:15 West-Europa (standaardtijd) schreibt
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> 2.      Any psychologists out there that can address for me how ANY mental
> health professional could think that a child is unattached to the mother
at
> birth? What about a bond being born of biology? What about the baby
knowing
> who mom is by the smell of her milk, her breathing pattern, etc.? Do
> psychologists really believe that human children are not bonded to the
> mother when born? Geez - all they want to do is be attached to mom when
> they come out...
>
> 3.      Is there anything that really supports this proposition (they are
> unattached at birth) or anything that counters it?
>

Liz, saturday I visited a conference on ''breastfeeding more than food''
(spoke there myself on disadvantages for the mother of not breastfeeding)
and
heard a very interesting speach by a professor in developmental psychology,
specialised in prenatal psychology. He posed (and scientifically referenced)
just the opposite! Rien Verdult, a Dutch psychologist, living and working in
Belgium at the University of  Leuven (Louvain) and his wife Gaby Stroecken
wrote two books on this topic, both just in Dutch, but the outline of his
speech is available in Dutch, French, English and German: Symbiosis and
breastfeeding: the secure attachment of the child, by Rien Verdult, prenatal
psycologist and pshchotherapist (snailmail: Platte-losstraat 418,  3010
Leuven, Belgium. fax: +32.16..350546)
Very read-worthy and food for thought.
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Gonneke van Veldhuizen, IBCLC
MOM, LLLL, primary schoolteacher
Hiilensberg, Germany

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