Hi Karleen I wonder if what has been discovered and researched about the female primates raised in captivity not knowing how to be a mother and breastfeed (and being taught by human mothers breastfeeding) might be a way to start your search for this information. Cheers Del *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~**~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~**~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Del Smith Group Leader and Breastfeeding Counsellor Southern Lakes Group WA http://www.starwon.com.au/~delma/index.htm Australian Breastfeeding Association www.breastfeeding.asn.au Group Projects: Knitted Breasts http://www.starwon.com.au/~delma/0008.htm Tummies & Beyond Posters http://www.starwon.com.au/~delma/0009.htm Married to Kevin and Mum to two gorgeous boys Courtney '96 and Dylan '99 08 9414 5368 [log in to unmask] Did you know that all Australian Breastfeeding Association Counsellors are volunteers and receive no payment for the work they do? Your subscription enables us to train breastfeeding counsellors and to provide support and information to parents. Please subscribe now to help ensure this service can continue. http://www.breastfeeding.asn.au/subscription "We should not live in the clouds, on a superficial level. We should dedicate ourselves to understanding our brothers and sisters" Mother Theresa ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karleen Gribble" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, July 07, 2006 10:55 AM Subject: trouble with breastfeeding because of bottles I was wondering if any of you are aware of anywhere (books, papers etc) where it describes/states that mothers sometimes have difficulty with breastfeeding because they have only ever seen/used bottles to feed babies before or where it talks about women trying to breastfeed like they would bottlefeed (eg try to put the breast in the baby's mouth rather than bring the baby to the breast or hold the baby face up rather than turned towards her). I'd appreciate any help you can give me! Karleen Gribble Australia *********************************************** 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 *********************************************** 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