How could I have forgotten this during the thin chart thread? last winter a 4 month old was sent to my as an out patient peds consult because of a one week cough and question cyanosis episode. I admitted the baby over night for observation and sent NP washings for RSV, pertussis, chlamydia etc. baby never needed oxygen and had a positive RSV. I sent her home the next day. At the same time there was a 9 month old on the floor with RSV needing oxygen. There were nursing students there at the time and I pointed out to them the difference between a formula feed smoke exposed baby and a breastfed not smoke exposed baby. Before deciding to admit the baby I was talking to mom in the office exam room and she asked if it was OK to nurse the baby there. Image a mom asking me that. :-) -Rob Rob Cordes, DO, FAAP, FACOP general pediatrician Wilkes Barre PA mailto:[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(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html