Thank you all for this discussion.  I'm currently working on prenatal class revisions, as well as a brand new breastfeeding orientation for staff.  Since we're routinely offered the sunlight advice, it's a perfect moment to make a change.  

That's me being professional <g>

But it's got this kind of thinkin going:  With respect to SO many aspects of breastfeeding, we are finding that _some_ very old customs actually have value.  In birth customs, breastfeeding patterns, etc, we are re-learning to accept some ancient wisdoms.  So, I can't help but wonder if sunlight to help jaundice may have been way older than the 20th century.  Just as we have to do clinical trials to show that BF friendly is better than many health care rituals, maybe this is worth a clinical trial.  I doubt if that's going to happen, sunlight being notoriously cheap.

OTOH, I'm happen to have real ammunition to remind staff that frequent effective feeding is what helps jaundice.

Judith

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