Christine wrote:
"The nurses are good here about getting babies to the breast within one hour
and most babies will do well with the first feed.  When I come in the
morning I like to check the feeding histories in the computer before I
visit mom and sure enough most babies nurse well at first feed and then the
next 24 hours are interesting.  I know this pattern can be normal."

I often wonder if these babies have really done fine or if the nurses, in general, are unable to really assess them well. How in the world can anyone know what is normal if they have never seen undisturbed birth, which is the physiologic norm? I think this is one more example of "common"="normal".
Jennifer Tow, IBCLC, CT, USA

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