Cheryl Parrott wrote:

>Christine and others:
>As we are looking at a new bfdg policy...I looked to ACOG and AWHONN and  
>AAP.  Basically, their standards of practice state those things should be  
>delayed until first breastfeeding, an hour or more is certainly ok.  Now  Vit K does 
>say within 1 hour, eye drops,wts is delay up to 1 hour OR UNTIl first  
>breastfeeding.  
>
We don't put drops in baby's eyes.  Why is this done?


-- 
Merewyn Janson
RN (student midwife, for 4 more weeks!!)
Australian Breastfeeding Association counsellor ('98)
Queensland, Australia

"Women should not feel guilty if they are unable to breastfeed, but they *should* feel guilty if they are unwilling to do so, and they should be intellectually honest enough to know the difference." -Elizabeth Gene

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