In a message dated 11/2/2004 11:24:08 AM Eastern Standard Time,
[log in to unmask] writes:

I am  assuming the ABM is causing the intestinal
slow down, and mum is working  well on increasing her supply,  but are there
some suggestions to  relieve baby's apparent discomfort? The baby is in a
harness 24 hrs/day for  dislocated hips-could this be a possible cause of low
tone in the abdominal  area?    Harness cannot be removed so baby cannot be
bathed in  warm water

Dear Friends:
    How about some abdominal massage, in the direction  of peristalsis?
    Facing the baby, that means strokes that go from  the left side of the
abdomen to the right. Think 'upside down U'.
    warmly,

Nikki Lee RN, MS, Mother of 2, IBCLC, CCE
Maternal-Child Adjunct  Faculty Union Institute and University
Film Reviews Editor, Journal of Human  Lactation
Support the WHO Code and the Mother-Friendly Childbirth  Initiative

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