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From: "Cheney, Tanya" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, May 16, 2008 7:51 PM
Subject: [LACTNET] Supplementing the Hypoglycemic Newborn


**Hi Tanya,

At this time, our director is not willing to allow nurses syringe or cup
feeding due to the risk of aspiration or perforation of the palate.

**If you would use a silicone finger feeder on top of a syringe, I would
think the risk of perforation of the palate to be reduced to zero...

When I suggested paced bottle-feeding with a slow-flow nipple, management
frowned because the baby needs to be fed quickly to get that sugar up.

**Hmmm, pretty weird, right...? Do they also stand with a stopwatch next to
a baby that's breastfeeding, telling it to hurry up getting that colostrum
out, to make sure he raises his blood sugar...? :-s

We are a busy hospital and do not have 24 hour-a-day LC coverage.  Any
suggestions on how to please the parents who don't want bottles used while
treating their hypoglycemic newborn?

**I would say, as may be concluded from the above: a finger feeder on a
syringe.

Good luck!

Kindly,

Marianne Vanderveen, Netherlands

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