Laura writes:

 

"Hi Natalie,

I have recommended this before & it's always worth repeating. We give out
Jan Barger's "Baby's Second Night." It describes exactly what babies do on
that night. We used to get lots of concerned moms & nurses giving formula &
pacifiers because they didn't understand what was happening. Now everyone
just says "Oh, it's that second night thing," and babies usually stay with
moms to feed. You can find a copy on Kellymom.com."

 

 

We do this very thing, also, and it seems to be working.  It has helped to
educate both the nurses and the patients.  I keep lots of different handouts
available for the nurses to give out, and I regularly have to fill up the
"Baby's 2nd Night" slot in the file cabinet, so I know they are being given
to the patients.  (We still do have a fair amount of mothers who request
that their babies spend the night in the nursery, but the nurses are not
pushing/recommending it nearly as much.) I've had parents so happy when they
read that handout, because it describes what they went through the night
before, and somehow it makes it more believable that it's normal behavior
when it's written down versus me or the nurses just telling them. 

 

Melinda Lueck

From Toledo-Hi Natalie!


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