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Originally posted by tmdiva
Well, even having a mother who breastfed isn't a guarantee she will be able to give helpful advice. My mom, when asked, said, "I don't know, I just did it." Okay, whatever.
Someone else I know, a mother of nine, helped a family member (sister or daughter, I can't remember) by showing the baby how to latch on on herself, then handing the newly-educated baby back to mom. Some folks get really squicked out by the idea of a baby nursing at the breast of someone other than its birth mother, but that sounded to me like a very efficient way to solve the problem.
tm
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Okay, this sounds totally squicky to me. I would freak if someone did that with my kid.
Breastfeeding is a learned art. Both mommy and baby learn at the same time.
I remember when they first brought the Brazenette into the recovery room and asked me if I'd like to nurse her. I remember thinking YES and NO spontaneously. Yes, because I was full of love and motherly feelings for this little mewing thing, and No because I had no earthly idea how to even begin.
Brazenette never really nursed in the hospital. The nurses kept trying to get me to allow them to give her a bottle of formula or sugar water. I refused to allow them to do so. I am glad I stood my ground.
I recently sat in the Brazenette's room, nursing her just before bed, thinking how amazing it was that what was so difficult at first has become so effortless.
