We also tell moms to wake babies in the first week every 2 - 3 hours in the day time for feeding and to watch for hunger cues. We tell mom the IF baby nurses every 2-3 I the day time then a 4-5 hours stretch AT NIGHT is ok for baby to sleep. We also emphasize that baby needs a minimum of 8- 10 feeds in 24 and that they may nurse every hour for 3 hours then sleep a longer period, babies do their own thing, but if they don't wake up mom needs to wake them up. It is quite amazing how the baby of an unmediated birth is so much more alert and awake and wanting to nurse, just had a delivery yesterday afternoon and the mom and grandma both commented on how awake and alert the baby was and calm and nursing well. I explained to them this is a result of no pain med on the moms part, they were fascinated by this.... was a great teaching opportunity. Cindy Cindy Curtis, RN IBCLC mailto:[log in to unmask] http://www.erols.com/cindyrn ----- Original Message ----- *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html