Further thoughts generated by further posts. I have never seen a baby taken off brestmilk because of jaundice at my hospital, although one still hears of it. Healthy, full-term babies beyond the first two days are only re-admitted for phototherapy if the bili is approaching 20. Mom stays in the hospital if possible and frequent breastfeeding is encouraged. Glucose testing is another question. Any SGA or LGA baby (and LGA is still defined as 4000gms for a term baby!) gets a pretty intensive monitoring protocol. The other day, parents of a baby just barely over the line, maybe 4030, were getting tired of seeing their baby get poked and expressed their concern. I said, "Well, I think he's fine, but this is our protocol. If you refuse to let me continue, I have to honor your request and will chart it in my notes." They happily state their refusal and I happily charted "Parents refuse further glucose testing for baby" and that was that. Of course, I also made sure baby was nursing well and frequently. Miriam Levitt RN, IBCLC