Beth said: If you think about it, practically everything a newborn is experiencing, even many of their own body functions, is completely new. I usually warn parents of this, as they will call with: the baby has pain with stooling, or is constipated - when they see the baby behave in this way. I tell them the baby is now "wearing a new space-suit" and "living in a new planet with gravity" and the newborn needs to learn how to "run" all the new equipment (bowels) and figure out the timing (when is the best time to push it out). They also are not using gravity to the maximum yet - but I find that if we sit the baby up (which upset moms in Puerto Rico who were told this was bad for the spine), the anus opens easier and babies "perform" better. Jeanette Panchula, BSW, RN, PHN, IBCLC Vacaville, CA *********************************************** 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