> Why do babies wear mittens indoors? Here, they wear them because the > parents worry about the baby scratching himself - in fact the indoor > mittens we buy here are called 'scatch mitts' - no idea if you have them > anywhere else In The Netherlands oldfashioned like baby clothes consist of under and over nappies and under and overshirts, the latter with extra long sleeves to be pulled over the hands and pinned together, in order to prevent the baby from scratching himself. i've been told that some people think (thought) that a babies' fingernails could not be cut of untill a certain amount of weeks (6?) I indeed have seen babies fuss to get those fingers out of the sleeves and become more stressed by doing so then they perhaps would have been by an occacional scratch. And I think Heather is right in assuming that the way some parents react to the responsibilities of parenthood may cause breastfeeding problems. I think the fussiness of the baby to get rid of the mittens can play a role as well. Gonneke van Veldhuizen, IBCLC, Maaseik, Belgium http://www.users.skynet.be/eurolac [log in to unmask] *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html