I went through the same thing at my hospital a couple of months ago. I finally wrote a policy that was actually approved by the Peds! I will send you a copy if you'd like. It's based on "Supplementaion of Breastfeeding Newborns: A Flow Chart for Decision Making" by Jacki Glover, BN, IBCLC, J Hum Lact 11(2), 1995. I also patterned it after a policy someone on Lacnet had sent me, but I'm sorry I can't remember who. Another good reference can be found at http://www.bfmed.org/protocol/proto3.html. Good luck. Julia Scaletta, RN, BSN, IBCLC, LCCE Eden, NC *********************************************** 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