My hospital waits several hours before giving baby 1st  bath.  
  When I enter a room of a newborn and parents I will comment on  the fact 
that it appears that baby has NOT been bathed yet.  Frequently the  baby is at 
breast and the nurse is at computer at bedside doing paper work,  etc.  I will 
then go on to explain to parents that she is so LUCKY to  have a nurse that is 
mindful of the fact that the fluid the baby has been  bathing in for many 
months smells and tastes like colostrum. So when baby  begins to root and sucks 
on its fingers it is still tasting  this familiar fluid.  Then is smells 
colostrum at the breast when  placed on moms chest soon after birth.   And that 
helps baby  locate the breast and latch on better for that important initial feed!
  At that point mom SMILES and nurse SMILES and everyone is  happy.  The mom 
no longer feels like the nurse is late in getting baby  bathed.  And the nurse 
no longer feels rushed to get the baby bathed.   (And that nurse learns 
something she can now teach to the next mom.)
 
                   Loretta Haycook, RN, IBCLC
                   Neptune Beach FL

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