I work in a large hospital that delivers about 6,000 babies/yr. We (LCs) have been fighting the policy that states ALL newborns in the Transition nursery are to be given glucose water. Many times these babies have not been put to breast yet (I am working on that also). Thursday I was told that at a Pediatric meeting that day the glucose water was discussed and some of the "powers that be" want it discontinued. HURRAY! That is, HURRAY until I heard the next sentence: They want to replace it with FORMULA. FORMULA given to EVERY baby, breastfeeder or no. This has not been instituted yet of course, but I was told that this is the new recommendation by the AAP. I can't believe it, and spent over 2 hours Thursday night on the AAP website. I found nothing. Can someone enlighten me? I need something in print before I open my mouth. Thank you. Pat Ashley,RN ICCE IBCLC Dearborn, Michigan *********************************************** 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