I have used the term 'partial feeding' in order to reassure the staff

Isn't that what it is really about?  Doesn't really have anything to do
with the baby.

On Wednesday, January 9, 2013, Jeni Leaird wrote:

> I am fighting a battle and have been for a long time now.
>
> I work in a hospital as a IBCLC but am not a RN.  The staff keep telling
> mothers that their babies arn't nursing long enough.
>
> I have explained that if baby swallows milk than the baby fed for long
> enough.  But they are convinced that frequent short feeds (sometimes just a
> few swallows) in the first 24 hours of birth are not enough, even if the
> baby is stooling.
>
> Help.  How can I present how long a feed is long enough?
>
> Jeni Leaird
> Lafayette IN, USA
>
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