Rose, You recently posted that you are working with a mom who is malnurished
and therefore the doctor doesn't want her to breastfeed because she is
"medically fragile".  When my premature failure to thrive sone was
hospitalized (5 years ago), *I* was brought all meals and snacks as if I was
the patient.  The hospital policy was that since he was being breastfed, and
we were paying for meals, *I* should be the one getting food.  Also, I was
permitted to go to the cafeteria any time and get any food that I wanted.
This was the hospital policy.  The mothers who were feeding got fed!  I
think that such a policy could be a realy boost- especially considering that
the mothers of hospitalized babies are so stressed that they aren't usually
taking good care of their nutritional needs any way.   Nancy Sherwood-
IBCLC, LLLL Perth, Australia