Has Jan ever posted her paper, "Baby's Second Night"? Would love to have a
copy.
Is it in the form of tear-off sheets for sale?
Phyllis


> > I'm thinking those frequent
> > night feeds the first day our two are important to establishing milk
supply
> > and keeping babies from losing too much weight.  I'm often faced with a
> > sleepy newborn during the day who we have difficulty waking to latch,
who is
> > not gaining weight, and is spending the night in the nursery being
consoled
> > by a nurse instead of eating!
> >
> Jennifer,
> I agree. We have been giving out Jan Barger's paper "Baby's Second Night"
to
> all our mom's & encourage them to read it so that they will understand
what is
> happening, esp on the 2nd night. when we come back the next day, they
usually
> remark that their baby did exactly what was mentioned on the paper. As a
> nurse who has worked in hospitals for most of my 35 yrs as a nurse, I
have seen
> that babies tend to sleep best from 6am-12n and are most wakeful from 10
pm-4
> am. I will tell moms to be sure to get their naps during the morning or
> afternoon. If requested we will place a sign on the mom's door that says
"No visitors
> at this time-mom is sleeping--please check in at nurses' stations."
>
> I have also noticed that most moms who spend the 2nd night feeding the
baby
> all night, see their milk on the 3rd day! Now baby is getting food &
really
> starting to gain weight. My daughter just had her 2nd baby. The baby had
to spend
> 6 days in the hospital for antiobiotics & phototherapy. She did not
> supplement & did not have to pump (they allowed her to board in the
hospital at no
> additional cost). she was called to come to the nursery whenever baby
needed to
> eat (if baby was not in her room). Baby Noah's birth wt was 5 lb 4 oz,
lowest wt
> was 5 lb 1 oz & on day five he weighed 5 lb 6 oz. I saw first-hand just
how
> supportive a hospital & staff can be for a mom, even when baby is in
special
> care nursery. I was very impressed with North Florida Regional Hospital in
> Gainesville.
>
> Laura Hart
> Winter Park, FL


--- Phyllis Adamson, IBCLC, RLC
--- Glendale, AZ, USA
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