> Newborn infants that feed too often are at high risk for =
> >disrupted night sleep, according to a report in the January issue of the =
> >Archives of Disease in Childhood. However, these infants may benefit =
> >from a simple preventive behavioral program.
>
Interesting that sleep is so much more important to people than
eating/gaining weight/breastfeeding.  So the answer to getting babies to
sleep longer is to not feed them when they need it.

We struggle to help moms increase their supply, and then lo and behold, they
discover that if they feed their babies 12 times/24 hours in the first week,
they won't sleep when they are 3 months old.

Dreadful.  I wonder if the entire article addressed the issue of milk supply,
breast storage capacity, effectiveness of suckling, and so on.....

Shades of Ezzo and his ilk.

Jan Barger, RN, MA, IBCLC, RLC
Lactation Education Consultants
www.lactationeducationconsultants.com

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