Hi Although I am not an expert I have followed the jaundice issue for many years. I was recently glad to find out about the following: The AAP discourages the interruption of breastfeeding in healthy term newborns and encourages continued and frequent tfeeding (at least 8 to 10 times in 24 hours)... Supplementing nursing with water or dextrose water does not lower the bilirubin level in jaundiced , healthy, breastfeeding infants" American Academy of Pediatrics, Subcommittee on Hyperbilirunemia Practice parameter: Management of hyperbilirunemia in the healthy term newborn. Pediatrics. 94(4) 558-565, Oct. 1994. There is a lot of new info supporting continued breastfeeding. American Academy of Pediatrics and American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists: Guidelines for Perinatal Care (3rd Ed). AAAP: Elk Grove Village, Ill 204, 206-207, 1992 Martinez JC, Maisels MJ, Otheguy et al. Hyperbilirunemia in the breastfed newborn: a controlled trial of four interventions. Pediatrics 912) 470 - 473 subversive sources all! (just joking) I haven't read all of the originals yet Sarah Barnett Bronx NY