All-we have quite a few migrant families who deliver in our area, most of them Mexican. The Mexicans are lovely people, and try to be compliant and polite in whatever is asked of them. However, we have only limited success in getting the moms to BF early. It was explained to me that in their culture, the yellow color of colostrum makes it undesirable, because yellow , to them, denotes something purulent. Therefore, they do not give the breast to the baby until the yellow color is gone (mature milk is in). Then they breastfeed. Up until that time, they bottle feed mostly. INterestingly, many of them continue to breastfeed for a while, since it is culturally acceptable and deemed good for the baby. Just a little insight. The better educated hispanic patients will BF early, tho their mothers may not like it! Denise Mollenkopf, RNC, IBCLC [log in to unmask]