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Jim & Winnie Mading <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 29 Mar 2000 20:40:40 -0600
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No, we don't as adults count and measure, but we are at least subtly
aware.  If we don't urinate for a long time or if when we do it's
very concentrated, we (hopefully) know we need to take in more
liquid.  If we go without a bowel movement for an extended period we
know we need to make some change to correct that.
In giving a new mom guidelines for example on the numbers of diapers
to watch for I try to encourage her to "count" them only until baby
reached the recommended minimums.  Then we suggest she simply put
out a pile of 8-10 at the first diaper change of the day-if they're
used up in 24 hours with both wet and dirty, baby is probably doing
fine.  Then as she becomes more familiar with what is normal for her
baby, she need not do even that.  She will have developed a "sense"
of when things are going well.
I think this is another example of what we miss by not being in
larger, close-living extended families where we would develop this
sense by mere observation and "osmosis".  Since new moms these days
usually come to parenthood with little if any exposure, they
frequently need a little guidance in developing this 6th sense about
how baby is doing.  We need to present what numbers we do give not
as rules to be followed as long as the child lives under our roof,
but as a starting point to developing her own awareness of how baby
is doing.
Winnie Mading RNC, IBCLC

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