>>Mother currently breastfeeds every 2 hours during the day and every 3 - 4
>>hours over night. Baby feeds for 15 - 20 minutes on both breasts,  and suck
>>swallow ratios indicate let down takes place.(Mother also feels let downs).
>
>This may not be enough for *this mother* with *this baby* in *this
>situation* to build up an optimal supply. I'm assuming she's not imposing a
>schedule.
>Can she give the baby lots of skin to skin? Co-sleep? Watch for cues so she
>can feed more often, day and night?

This is an excerpt from  a lactnet dialogue last week.  (I'm behind
again.)  Pretty simple stuff.  I'm probably not alone in offering this
kind of feedback privately to lactnetters much more often than I do it
on the list.  I guess I figure if it's basic everyone already knows
it, and if it isn't basic I could be wrong and shouldn't be cluttering
up the digests.  Let the bigger names answer it publicly.

But I'm re-thinking.  Isn't this the heart of lactnet?  I realized, as
I read it and followed the anxious history given by the reporting LC,
and the blow-by-blow attention of the responding LC, how very much I
was enjoying it *and learning from it* - having the basics gone over
for the 1100th time is a solid reminder of their importance.

So here's my vote for more of this kind of thorough, blow-by-blow
responding.   Not just the case history - we already have those - but
*our responses to them*, paragraph by paragraph.  Thanks for this one,
Heather.

Diane Wiessinger, MS, IBCLC  Ithaca, NY

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