Hi, Margi:  Actually your MIL is 100% correct!  I don't think a mother can 
get much lazier than this - sleeping topless at night with the baby in bed 
with her!  She needs to be prepared to scare herself silly at least once in 
the early weeks, when her first thought upon awakening is that the baby is 
dead!  Why would she think this? Because she doesn't remember feeding the 
baby during the night.  Baby is happily sleeping next to her and her 
breasts are way too soft to have gone all night without feeding.  Baby 
obviously helped herself during the night, while mom slept.  This happened 
to me on several occasions in the early weeks with all 3 of my babies. 


Pam Hirsch, BSN,RN,IBCLC
Clinical Lead, Lactation Services
Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital
Barrington, IL   USA 

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