I will be doing a brief presentation at the night shift staff meeting on Wednesday regarding their persistant use of formula to put babies to sleep at night. I would like everybodies ideas on what will be most helpful. Background: Orders read: breastfeed only unless medically indicated or mother's request. Usual discharge time is less than 24 hours. The nurses know the "benefits of breastmilk", but know that formula does sedate babies and use it to allow mother to have some sleep since they are exhausted. I would like to give the nurses new tools to assist babies to sleep and mothers to cope. Please e-mail privately. TIA Linda Stewart [log in to unmask]