It would be rather fruitless to "nurse at every whimper" because if the small baby isn't hungry or thirsty or needing to suck, the baby will refuse the breast. It may look to outsiders like a mother who is committed to "nursing on demand" is "offering the breast at every whimper," but it is more likely the case that the mother in question has learned to read her baby's hunger cues and offers the breast BEFORE the request for food escalates into full-scale crying. Crying is usually thought to be a late indicator of hunger, not the first cue a baby gives to the fact that he or she would like to be fed.
"It would be rather fruitless to "nurse at every whimper" because if the small baby isn't hungry or thirsty or needing to suck, the baby will refuse the breast. It may look to outsiders like a mother who is committed to "nursing on demand" is "offering the breast at every whimper," but it is more likely the case that the mother in question has learned to read her baby's hunger cues and offers the breast BEFORE the request for food escalates into full-scale crying. Crying is usually thought to be a late indicator of hunger, not the first cue a baby gives to the fact that he or she would like to be fed.'
Maybe it's because I have lived many places in the world and have observed the practices of many communities and so I have realized that just because some practice is the usual practice in some community or other doesn't make it the only, or even the best choice, available.
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<<Well your opinion is that I should be able to support my opinions.>>
No, that is not my opinion, that's not what I said.
What I said was when one states an opinion about others, one should be at least willing to back up the opinion (especially when it's in the form of a
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I did, twice now.
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<<I see why you are having a hard time. I dont have an opinion about the child we are speaking of. >>
Sure you do, you think they are being babied.
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"It would be rather fruitless to "nurse at every whimper" because if the small baby isn't hungry or thirsty or needing to suck, the baby will refuse the breast. It may look to outsiders like a mother who is committed to "nursing on demand" is "offering the breast at every whimper," but it is more likely the case that the mother in question has learned to read her baby's hunger cues and offers the breast BEFORE the request for food escalates into full-scale crying. Crying is usually thought to be a late indicator of hunger, not the first cue a baby gives to the fact that he or she would like to be fed.'
Yes :)
I still haven't seen anything that shows me you understand.
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<<Just that if you knew about Crohns would have at least spelled it correctly. >>
Does that go for everything or just this specific point?
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