Karleen posted about an adoptive situation with an older adopted baby with arthrogryposis. I will be trying to help this mom, but I wondered if maybe someone here might have some expertise with the specific challenges of arthrogryposis, but missed Karleen's post altogether, or at least not realized that arthrogryposis was a part of it. With it being such a rare condition, I doubt that many of you have experience with it, but hope that someone has! My niece learned to breastfeed after an initial period, only about a week long, of working things out, despite abnormalities in her facial muscles that made such tasks as learning to smile and speak difficult. However, she was very fortunate to have parents who were not only determined that she would be breastfed, but were experienced breastfeeding parents already. The father's interest and attention to the process of having his children breastfeed was quite wonderful to see! Aloha, Darillyn _________________________________________________________________ Keep up with high-tech trends here at "Hook'd on Technology." http://special.msn.com/msnbc/hookedontech.armx *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [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(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html