>I have a question, permission to post is granted by the mom. I have a mom
>that I am working with whose baby had 5 full meconium diapers in the 1st 24
>hours of life then one mec diaper on day 3. After that baby has had none in
>the next 3 full days. They are going to their pediatrician tomorrow for a
>weight check. The doctor will probably send them to the hospital for a bili
>check as they don't have any means to check it in the office except visual
guessing.

Yes - cause for concern there, for sure.  Seems a shame the mother 
has to traipse from home to paediatrician to hospital with a week-old 
baby, though......:(


>
>Baby has eaten every 2 hours during the day for the last 3 days, and every
>3-4 hours at night. Mom is bursting with milk (has over 60 ounces in the
>freezer at day 5 postpartum). Baby has been fed baby with a spoon and
>syringe a few times when mom was too miserable to nurse.


Sounds like she has been doing a lot of expressing and alternative 
feeding....I would wonder about the effectiveness of the milk 
transfer and the true frequency of direct bf.  60 oz on day 5???? 
She's been with the pump more than she's been with the baby, and the 
'too miserable to nurse' rings alarm bells....why 'too miserable' 
with a baby who's 'acting alert and happy, not crying except when 
hungry, and sleeping fine'?

I think there must be something more going on there, and it might 
account for the baby's lack of stools and possible lack of weight 
gain and feeding effectiveness.

Heather Welford Neil

NCT bfc, tutor, UK

             ***********************************************

To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail
To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest)
To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet
All commands go to [log in to unmask]

The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned
LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(R)
mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to:
http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html