i was pleased to see bonnie's post about ibuprofen today. My Friend the
Midwife visited today after seeing a client and baby. baby is in a local
hospital that houses not only a lactation unit but a human milk bank. the
intensive care unit nurse was lecturing the mother about the care of the four
pound baby, who remains in the hospital at five days because their protocol
is to use lights for a bilirubin of - yes, i will tell you - ten! this four
pound baby is only being fed every three hours because of the Importance of a
Schedule (turns out to be the nurses' schedule). the lecture included
warnings about the baby "Snacking" between feedings. the baby was breastfed,
then the mother was forced to awaken the sleeping baby and pour down 33 grams
( i am not a metric expert; about three ounces) of EBM.

the above part was just rant, but My Friend claims the baby has been somewhat
sleepy and reluctant to nurse in the first few days because the mother is
taking 600 mg. ibuprofen. it seemed to me there were many other complicating
factors. she says she has seen another baby seriously  unresponsive due to
mother taking large doses of ibuprofen. the BAB says there is no impact on
lactation. any other opinions or anecdotal evidence of a problem with
ibuprofen? having been on large doses of this drug when my daughter was
younger, i can only wish it made her a BIT sleepy.

to add to my above rant, which caused me to actually shout in response to the
story, i found myself this evening in the unfortunate company of a woman and
two children in the same store and checkout line as myself. in the store, the
woman yelled repeatedly at the about 18 month old for standing up in the
cart. the safety belt in the cart was unfastened.

then they were in the line behind me and i had to watch as the little one
dropped his empty bottle on the floor and was scolded about it. apparently to
apppease his older sister, the woman (not their mother, perhaps grandmother)
gave her some of the pepsi she was drinking. then because the baby was
interested, the woman put about four ounces of the pepsi in the (very dirty)
bottle and gave it to him. now, do you think i was offended by The Thing? of
course not; i need all the  humor available to deal with the everyday real
world stuff.

carol b.