I hope to develop a policy on this, but in the meantime, I have
noticed that the vast majority of these babies do pick up sometime
in the second day IF THEY HAVEN'T BEEN FORCED TO TAKE SOMETHING
OTHER THAN BREAST!  We encourage lots of skin-to-skin, remind the
moms (and dads and grandmas etc) of how much the baby has been
through in the birth process*  and getting adjusted to "life on the
outside" and be patient.  Of course, the baby needs to be assessed
thoroughly to rule out some potentially more serious reason.  In the
case of true low blood suger, we need to get something in the baby.
In most cases, however, I believe in trusting the babies to know
when they're ready to begin eating.  How many times have you seen
babies who've been force fed an ounce or more of formula and soon
after, give back a large "refund"?  The problem is that there is so
much disagreement among the docs.  While more and more are
comfortable with what I call the "P and P" approach (patience and
persistence), there are others who aren't happy unless some form of
intake can be documented in the first couple hours!  If I go home
one day leaving behind 4 fairly new (less than 12 hours) deliveries
who haven't nursed (or did once, then zonked out), I can feel fairly
confident that the next day, 3 of them will be making up for lost
time and nursing great.
* Imagine you've been in a tiny room for several hours with the
walls closing in on you and finally you're shoved or pulled through
a very small door you can hardly fit through only to be bombarded
with bright (brighter than you've ever experienced before) lights
and all kinds of noises.  In addition, you now have to work for what
was provided automatically 24/7 up to now-primarily oxygen, food and
comfort.  After a while you'd probably say "I've had all I can
take.  Time out.  I need to regroup."

Winnie Mading

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