I think that would be wonderful, and I'll ask the parents if they'd like 
this, after they go home--but I think the parents would very much 
agree.  I just got off the phone with the dad, last night went better, 
although there were the constant separation from the parents to do the 
weight check, the ped evaluation, and the hearing screening.  I guess 
the baby screamed through the hearing test, and they finally called mom 
in to nurse the baby through the test, even though it is against 
protocol to have mom in that room.  Mom got the baby latched on 
immediately and the test was completed without problems.  Uh, duh.  Baby 
is gaining weight now, and the nurses stayed away while the baby was 
breastfeeding (at one point yesterday the baby was trying to latch on 
and the nurse came in, took the baby away from the mother forcefully, 
wrapped him up even though the mother was saying he likes to nurse skin 
to skin, and then manhandled the mom's breast, with the nurse grabbing 
the mother's breast and trying to force it into the baby's mouth--then 
everyone was upset when the baby cried and cried, with the mother crying 
along with them, and finally they called the social worker yet again 
(mom is 18) because the mother was too upset and stressed and maybe 
needed some "help."  It's enough to make you want to scream along with 
the baby.  

I am just appalled at the lack of professionalism with the hospital and 
their claim to be trying to become "baby friendly" but their "protocols" 
being so very unfriendly.

Joylyn

Pat Young wrote:

> How sad.  I guess Loma Linda MC can be ashamed of themselves to have 
> this message sent all around the world.  Do you have an e-mail for 
> them or address so we could write thoughtful (not flames) ways for 
> them to maybe learn from this sad news?  Pat in SNJ
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