<The baby is 13 days old and growing increasingly sleepy. ...... These situations are so preventable with just the littlest bit of anticipatory guidance.> Hi Barbara, While I do agree with your comments, I can't help but think that babies should be seen sooner than 13+ days postpartum. With our maternal and child health nursing system, the nurse (triple-certificate) would visit in the first week home and do a weigh. (At no cost to the family). I don't mean to say that our system is perfect, but I think the health system in the US makes it hard for new families and breastfeeding supporters. Lisa Amir MBBS, MMed, IBCLC in Melbourne, Australia *********************************************** 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(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html