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Skriven 2008-11-22 18:29:51 av Nancy Backus (1:3634/12.0)
     Kommentar till en text av Ruth Haffly
Ärende: LLLI cookbooks  was: strawberries
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-=> Quoting Ruth Haffly to Nancy Backus on 11-20-08 14:44 <=-

 RH> Seems that way.  There are a lot of good recipies in that book.  They
 RH> made an emphasis on whole grains and chemical free (nitrate free bacon
 RH> for instance) products with it. The first LLLI cook book hadn't; it's
 RH> quite interesting comparing the 2.  I still modify some of the recipes
 RH> even more. (G)

One gets used to certain substitutions for better nutrition, and they
seem to work their way into other recipes.. (G)  "But I CAN'T use... I
haven't got any in the house...!"

 RH> I know we tried to get one of my sisters in law into a group in 1981.
 RH> She lived in the Brockport area at the time, now is in town where
 RH> Steve grew up, a bit west (Hulberton).  She tried nursing but didn't
 RH> really have much success so went to bottle feeding rather quickly. 
 RH> Probably did so because she bottle fed the first one and was more
 RH> comfortable with it.

She knew what to expect with that.  Had she seen her mom nurse?  Or did
she have any sisters that did?  That often is more helpful than anything
else...  I imagine that she would have felt more at home in a group if
she had had a friend or family member to go with her... or that was
already part of the group.  I think for nursing to go well, one has to
either have the right mindset about it, or have lots of good support...
or both...  :)

My husband's sister-in-law bottle-fed both her kids... She was feeding
her first while I was nursing my kid... we mostly didn't talk about our
different methods, to avoid arguments...  By the time she had her
second, she sorta gave nursing a try, but decided it wasn't for her. 
But I think it was a similar situation to your sister-in-law.

All my sisters nursed their kids, never considered anything else... but
then, Mommy had nursed all of us, and we just took it for granted that
that was the normal way to do things... and the next generation is doing
the same.  :)  Nowadays, I've noticed that there's a lot more support
from the get-go, from the hospital when the baby is born, and usually
from the doctors...

 RH> That made it really nice.  Of course most families didn't need all of
 RH> the information in one month (G) but it was nice if you wanted a
 RH> "crash course."  Steve was kidded at the time that he could run a

Exactly.  :)

 RH> meeting because he was so well informed from reading what I picked up &
 RH> books he bought. Once he even gave a strong pitch for nursing to one of
 RH> the local law enforcement guys in the town where we lived.  We were
 RH> talking babies with him as he told us his wife was expecting which led
 RH> into questions on feeding............................

I think that similar happened with us... Richard was as great an
advocate of it as I.  ;)
 
 NB>> Fortunately we had a good pediatrician.  He did ask periodically if we
 NB>> had started certain solid foods, but didn't make any sort of fuss when
 NB>> I'd tell him the baby wasn't really interested yet.  And he didn't
 NB>> push at all.  He knew I was nursing, and the baby was obviously
 NB>> thriving...

 RH> That makes all the difference in the world, a doctor who is willing to
 RH> work with you instead of against you. Of course having a healthy baby
 RH> as Exhibit A is nice too. (G)

Yup.  (G)

 RH> Sounds like a good plan to me.  Again, we will have to find a new
 RH> natural foods store when we move.  Half the time here, I'm thinking of

Lots of things to have to replace when you move... :)

 RH> the name of the one we shopped at in HI when I tell Steve we need to
 RH> go to the one here.  But, I usually say the right name, even tho I'm
 RH> thinking of the other one.

I always get the names of the one in Canton and the department in
Wegmans confused in my brain... but we know what I'm trying to say. (G)
 
 RH>> Now you are in the surrogate grandmother age. (G)  It's nice for young
 RH>> families that are far from their parents to have a substitute set of
 RH>> grandparents handy.  Take on a role like that.
 NB>> My niece that lived with us for a few years has given us "bragging
 NB>> rights" to her baby... her mom just has to share him with us.  :)  I'm
 NB>> "Aunt Grammy", Richard is "Grumple" (short for Grampa Uncle)...  As
 RH>                              ******
 RH> Cute.  We were surrogate grandparents to the baby that lived next to
 RH> us in HI.  I was there when he was born.

I was there for Derek's birth too... part of the team... :)

 RH> Our girls "adopted" quite a number of "grandparents" in our various
 RH> churches. One down side of the military is that they didn't see their
 RH> real grandparents as often as we would have liked  but the girls had a
 RH> lot of fill ins.  To this day tho, they have a good relationship with
 RH> both sets of grandparents.

Propinquinty is useful, but only one part of it... Good visits when they
do happen help a lot too... and staying in touch other ways as well.  :)

ttyl     neb

... If you can't see the bright side, polish the dull side.

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