Lynelle & Lactnuts,
All the peds & nurses at our hospital consider a 10% weight loss in a normal
NB to be OK. Most assess the baby-eating, stools, voids, activity, etc. and if
all this is within reasonable limits, no supplementation is suggested. Of
course we have those who think that no harm will come to a baby who has had a
bottle once or twice. (If 10% wt. loss is normal why do we even have to
consider supplementing?) We can never seem to get those nurses to attend
breastfeeding classes. Oh, if only I could convince the administration that
these classes should be mandatory!!! We just got a new director of maternal-
child services on board, so I'll try again. This seems to be a continuing
problem in many hospitals as Dr. Jack will tell you.
THEN, one of those nurses who has never attended a breastfeeding class, tells
me to check on a young mom who is trying to BF her newborn. This nurse thinks
that she should NOT BF because she smokes and is too stupid!  Woe is me!!!!
Thanks for listening.
Laura Hart, RN, BSN, IBCLC
in very chilly central Florida