>
> I have learned that premies need to be on a three-hour sleep schedule to 
> allow them to release enough growth hormones.  Years ago, I was also told 
> that premies spend so much more energy just to maintain state 
> (temperature, respiration rate, etc.) that they need to sleep more because 
> they wear themselves out.
>

I can tell you that the mothers at the hospital where my grandson was born 
are told that the premature babies eat as often as every three hours because 
they are so small, and that when they get bigger they should eat LESS often 
(ie. go on a four hour schedule).

I think a better approach to conserving a premie's energy and helping him 
maintain temperature might be to keep him in kangaroo care.

Teresa 

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