>
> However,  parents are trying to keep him on a 3 hr schedule. He often
> wakes and acts  hungry, cries, and sucks hands. They "hold him off" and
> wonder should they  feed him.
>
>
>
> The warning flag in my head SHOT up...Is this potentially a  "Babywise" 
> baby?
> I hope not, but sure sounds like it.  If so, be  aware that these parents
> are "taught" NOT to tell LC's or physicians they are  using Babywise (hmm 
> gee I
> wonder why??)They need to be treated with kid gloves  on that issue and to 
> be
> well educated on what may happen if they continue on the  "3 hour 
> schedule"
> Full term bf babies don't do well on one, I can't  imagine a preemie could 
> fare
> well on that kind of schedule either.

However, this may simply be parents acting on medical advice. When my 
grandson was born eight weeks premature, the hospital nursery staff insisted 
that he should only be fed every three hours, and when my daughter-in-law 
took him home a month later, the nurses emphasized to her that she should 
keep him on a three-hour schedule as nursing too often would be "too tiring" 
for him.

(Of course, she paid no attention to that, but I'm sure many new parents 
do).

Teresa Pitman
Guelph, Ontario

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