I saw an 8 day old baby today who really liked finger fdg. Thrusted and drew back his tongue a lot. Five oz. below birth wt, five oz above discharge wt. I praised mom for following the #1 rule and FEEDING HER BABY. He did not sustain a latch onto breast, so we tried a nipple shield. He fussed and freaked over the shield, so we finger fed a few ccs to calm him. He finally latched with the shield, finally did rhythmic, sustained sucking with sns added. Mom has history of breast reduction and milk supply is low. I believe this baby would take to any alternative fdg. method. He'll go where the food is. Plan: Promote and protect milk supply with frequent pumping. Practice breastfdg a lot, supplement 2-3 oz fdgs most or all fdgs. Talk to Dr. tomorrow about reglan. Susan in Minnesota *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html