Regarding the pediatrician advising mom not to nurse baby every 2
hours at night, this quote from the BREASTFEEDING ANSWER BOOK (p. 52)
might help:

"One study of breastfeeding mothers and babies, who were followed into
their second year, found that the breastfeeding babies and toddlers
did not conform to the usual sleep patterns of artificially fed babies
and that these differences were even more pronounced among babies who
slept with their parents. Rather than beginning to have long stretches
of unbroken sleep after about four months of age, as was common among
the artificially fed babies, the breastfeeding babies continued to
sleep in short bouts with frequent waking. The researchers concluded
that as extended breastfeeding becomes more common in Western society,
expectations of babies' sleep/wake patterns may need to be revised
(Elias 1986)."

Elias, M. et al. Sleep/wake patterns of breast-fed infants in the
first 2 years of life. Pediatrics 1986; 77(3):322-29.

And here's a quote from The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding (p. 99):

"A study of nursing mothers in West Nigeria by Derrick and Patrice
Jelliffe revealed that babies as old as ten months received at least
twenty-five percent of their mother's milk at night. So it is not at
all unusual for your baby to want to nurse at night."

Jelliffe, D. B. and Jelliffe, E. F. P. Human Milk in the Modern World,
Oxford University Press, 1978.

Hope these might help give the mom some confidence (and ammunition).

Lisa Mandell, LLLL
Havertown, PA  USA
waiting for exam results . . .

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