Well, and to add to the general information on the homemade stuff my dad (a statistician who LOVED formulae) used to make the formula mom fed me. (I imagine most people who were not breastfed in the 40's got fed some sort of homemade stuff...) - Mom was told by the neighbors to FEED ME as I was a colicy baby and cried often - here in Puerto Rico, with the windows open and the houses an arm's lenghth between them, and Daddy a VERY privateChicagoan (we don't like to use American as we think everyone from the Americas has the right to call themselves American), the stress mom felt must have been terrific. - Mom fed me the concoction which made me not only cry but throw up - and as the old Dr. Spock said not to pick up the child except at specific intervals (the original Ezzo?), mom sat next to my crib and cried also! I survived, but mom's memories of my childhood are of a baby in the crib, with her legs going as fast as they could, screaming and throwing up... I also had a colicy first child - but he got only breast milk, never vomited, and he and I cried together in the rocker until things settled down after 3 months or so... My memories are much less guilt-ridden, though we both lost a lot of sleep those first few months! Just a note to let us realize that babies survive and even thrive under the most amazing conditions! After reading (catching up) on the series of Lactnets related to that FTT baby, I'm grateful babies have such resilient capabilities! Still, we worry about the potential lost and the very real present risk for any baby not followed well. We just gave a talk at one of the Public Health clinics and the two pediatricians present challenged my statement about the "2 stools q 24 hours until 4 weeks old". Luckily I had a Ped with me to address them doc-to-doc. We stressed the need to CHECK THE BABY. That's all. We weren't saying that _every_ baby who has no stools in 24 hours is in trouble, but it is a sign that requires hands on evaluation... Information some docs learned in school is either old (put baby 5 minutes on each side) or was incompletely learned (yes, older babies can have very erratic stooling patterns). Too bad they're not required to take a "refresher" test on breastfeeding every 5 years like we are! Jeanette Panchula, BA-SW, RN, IBCLC, LLLL Puerto Rico [log in to unmask]