Hi Marit, Morgan Gallagher and I have just had a paper on breastfeeding and child protection accepted for publication. I shall send you a copy of the manuscript. Essentially, child protection should be looking at the fact that she is breastfeeding as a strength and not a weakness. Karleen Gribble Australia On 17/12/2012, at 7:17 PM, Marit Olanders wrote: > I have permission to post. > As a bf counsellor I got in touch with a young mother of a 1yo son who > she's breastfeeding. The mother has told med she has grown up in a > dysfunctional famliy herself , she has "severe AD/HD" and a rather > chaotic life. She finds herself she has problems to bond with her son, > but in breastfeeding, babywearing aso she finds peace and connects > with her baby. She doesn´t mind being woken up 2-7 times per night to > breastfeed her son back to sleep. > The social welfare authorities though don't understand but wishes that > she weans and starts her son on gruel (traditional baby Swedish food) > and want her to feed her son a porridge meal "so that he'll sleep > through the night". They also criticize her for spoiling him and > seeing to her own needs instead of his. I know I have seen somewhere > that in a dysfunctional mother-child relation breastfeeding could from > the child's point of view be the only "normal" way to relate to its > mother. Do you recognze that? Where do I find more about it? > > Marit Olanders > > bf counsellor in Sweden and the author of the book Amning i vardagen > (Breastfeeding in Everyday life) that is to be released in Sweden in > March 2013 > > *********************************************** > > Archives: http://community.lsoft.com/archives/LACTNET.html > To reach list owners: [log in to unmask] > Mail all list management commands to: [log in to unmask] > COMMANDS: > 1. To temporarily stop your subscription write in the body of an email: set lactnet nomail > 2. To start it again: set lactnet mail > 3. To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet > 4. To get a comprehensive list of rules and directions: get lactnet welcome *********************************************** Archives: http://community.lsoft.com/archives/LACTNET.html To reach list owners: [log in to unmask] Mail all list management commands to: [log in to unmask] COMMANDS: 1. To temporarily stop your subscription write in the body of an email: set lactnet nomail 2. To start it again: set lactnet mail 3. To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet 4. To get a comprehensive list of rules and directions: get lactnet welcome