Eating is a basic instinct in all animals including humans. Feeding our young is also a basic instinct so it is associated with many deep emotions. Feeding is part of the bonding process between mother or parent and infant. This is why it can be so important if all does not go well. Ellyn Satter understands this in the way she writes about feeding babies. She shows how feeding can be part of the communication between mother and child. Many books on infant feeding concentrate on what to feed … [Read more...]