Judy wrote, > If they fell > asleep with clenched fists or closed hands, they really hadn't had > enough to "put them out" and I was expecting to feed again fairly > soon--it was just a snack. > Personally, I haven't had this experience. It's like the "baby has had enough if s/he is contented" rule; it doesn't apply to all temperaments. I agree that the feeding plan is ultimately the same -- these are the babies who usually just snack, but I think Judy is distinguishing between snacks and feeds in the same baby, whereas I am saying that there are feeders (who snack sometimes) and snackers (who may or not have full meals). Does this make any sense, or am I babbling? I just worry about mothers who are told their babies will sleep if they are well-fed. It isn't always the case. Then there are the babies who sleep all too soundly, and wither their weight away (that's in the "Be careful what you wish for" category). I also wanted to mention that in French the expression is "dormir a poings fermes" (there's an accent on the last e I can't do on my e-mail); it talks about the ill-named "sleeping like a baby" or a sound sleep as sleeping with closed fists. Jo-Anne *********************************************** 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