I've had a discussion with a nurse a couple of nurses a few times who often recommend giving artificial milk to an infant who has a low temp. I do not feel that this is an appropriate intervention. The situation today was a newborn in well baby nursery weighing 5 lbs 13 oz and with a temp axillary of 94-94 F. The baby was put skin to skin with mother according to the nurse and had bf very well according to the nurse. The baby was reported to be term, but the chart said 36 wks when I looked it up. At this point the baby was in the nursery and swaddled tightly in a bassinet. Now I have never seen our nurses use true skin to skin (clothing is not removed from baby or mom), and I did not personally evaluate the bf (this ped does not allow me to see 'his' pts), but the nurse asked for my input. First, I do not see how a cold baby can be warmed up by wrapping him up. I felt it was more a function of a preterm baby needing a heat source: continous skin to skin, or even an incubator if mom or dad not able to do it - but is there any indication for giving artificial milk or glucose to 'warm the baby up?' I would appreciate the comments of a neonatal specialist especially. Laurie Wheeler, IBCLC, MN, RN - level 3 nicu nurse in a former life and not totally clueless New Orleans Louisiana, s.e. USA *********************************************** 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