Jack,
You said:
"The first thing is not to worry about such things as percent weight loss"
There were other problems too but I thought this was a quick way of saying
things weren't going well.
The other baby on the floor at 90% BW was swallowing milk on the next feed.

"I would have gotten the mother expressing her milk and finger feeding it to
the baby.  Even if she got only two drops of colostrum,"
But what do you do when no one knows how to express milk? I take it you mean
hand expression. Can this be taught from text descriptions? I' planning on
learning the technique first hand in April. I know a pregnant mom who will
let me learn. :-)

-Rob



Rob Cordes, DO, FAAP, FACOP
Wilkes Barre, PA
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