I am a LLL Leader and was trying to help a friend who had a difficult birth and 
breastfeeding experience in another state.  I talked to her on the phone daily 
after the birth and everything I suggested she said the LC suggested.  But 
she was sending the baby to the nursery at night for a 3-4 hour stretch.  For 
some reason they were not telling her that she needed to nurse 10-12 times a 
day.  I thought they had breastfeeding logs.  I don't know, never had a 
hospital birth. 

Yesterday she told me that she saw a new lactation consultant at the 
hospital.  Baby is 6 days old.  

The LC told her to express some breast milk on her nipple to entice baby to 
nurse.  If that doesn't work, use a little Karo syrup. 

I was horrified at the thought.  I looked online last night and the only 
reference I could find was for getting kittens to take a bottle. 

Does she need a new LC or is this suggestion harmless?

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