Mary Kay mentions the practice of  syringe feeding in her new work
situation.  This is very common here - was introduced some time ago so as to
prevent nipple confusion (by folk with obviously little understanding of
infant suckling.)  Sometimes I think staff think its the same as cup
feeding.   It's very difficult to change this pervasive method of feeding -
and of course the fluid in the syringe is formula - even if the mother has
loads of colostrum.  Lots of work to be done .....

Jean Ridler  RN  RM  IBCLC
Cape Town   [log in to unmask]



---
Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.
Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).
Version: 6.0.522 / Virus Database: 320 - Release Date: 2003/09/29

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

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(TM)
mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to:
http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html