>I had a good friend whose fifth baby had four holes in his heart (he had 
>surgery at 7 months). She kept him in a sling, skin to skin as much as 
>possible, and nursed him whenever he wanted. He had short but very frequent 
>feeds, and gained weight quite well. We never really heard him cry - if he 
>started to squirm or fuss at all, she offered the breast again.

I love the premie heart rate and breathing charts from Susan Ludington-Hoe and Gene Cranston Anderson.  They're crude, they date from before 1990... but they show jagged lines in an isolette before and after KCare, and gorgeously smooth lines in KCare.  I show the charts with the KCare ones covered.  I can see parents thinking, "We're supposed to know what we're looking at??" but then when I uncover the KCare set of lines, they're amazed.  You don't have to know exactly what you're looking at to know that the KCare lines are the healthy ones.  Constant carrying is bound to help an underfed baby save calories.  It's right there to see!

Contact me privately if you want to see the charts.

Diane Wiessinger, MS, IBCLC  Ithaca, NY  USA
www.wiessinger.baka.com

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