I have been following the posts on bottle feeding with great interest.
The IBCLC part of me rebels strongly against practices observed when  
babies are being bottle fed. Yes, I am a Nursery Nurse too.
Our pediatricians require that all newborns being discharged who are  
being bottle fed must take 30cc X 2 prior to discharge usually at 24  
hrs to 48 hrs of age. If it is a breastfed baby who is not nursing  
well, usually the same rule applies - the baby must be bottle feeding  
well - if we cannot persuade the mother to stay an extra day.
I have ground my teeth oh so frequently when watching the babies being  
"stuffed". I have  talked to the nurses ad nauseam about stomach size,  
fatigue, headaches, neck aches, the don't want to eat, hate this  
stuff, I'm full already, can't you see my satiety cues etc. It is a  
heartbreaker. Yet, I can see the pedis point of view - they have to  
know that the babies are able to take in and retain formula prior to  
leaving the hospital with possibly inexperienced mothers. I'm sure  
they would be really upset to find out that breastfed babies aren't  
taking in 30ccs x 2 of breastmilk prior to discharge, and I'm not  
about to tell them that!
Have I discussed this with the pedis? No, this is a discussion that  
won't go far and I'm sorry but I may have other axes to grind for the  
breastfeeders in the future. Very infrequently I have mentioned the  
word forcefeeding - that gets me "The Look"! I do feel sorry for those  
bottle fed babies though.
Susan Brewer IBCLC RNC

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