<<I've also noticed the babies of these moms often have a very hungry day or two before the milk comes in, with lots of crying. These factors have made it a challenge for me as LC to preserve exclusivity of breastfeeding, because with sore nipples and a baby that acts hungry all the time, many families ask for a supplement. >> I also just recently dealt with a very hungry baby until moms milk came in (nursing well, but *screaming* after coming off breast) and am very interested in hearing general comments on how this is handled in various places. In this case, we initially had the mom pumping b/c 1) baby couldn't latch onto mom's very firm "implant like" breasts (though she had no implants)....he was so patient and kept trying but didn't latch at all for 8/9h and didn't nurse *well* until 19h. her nipples were also quite flat, but I didn't mention that b/c the pump was pulling them out and there was no point is adding info that at that point was already being dealt with. 2)baby was obviously hungry for food w/in 12h so we spoonfed the colostrum that mom was able to pump. i'll finish the story later....kids are calling. :) katherine in atl *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html