Yep.  Jan, I refer my childbirth education students to your article on that topic as a matter of course when we talk about breastfeeding the needs of the newborn.  I figure they will be better able to deal with it if they know it's coming.  Forewarned is forearmed, right?

Cee

Cecilia Mitchell Miller 
Certified Bradley 
Childbirth Educator
http://birthyourwayjax.com




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>>Jessica says,
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>Ah, you  too. 
>Is there some research out there on why neonates behave the way they  do at 
>night time. Nurses and parents complain that the infant wanted to nurse  
>all night long and the second they tired to put the baby down he would wake up 
>and want to nurse again. I explain it as the fact that they sleep lighter 
>in  the night time hours and the movement from something warm and lovely 
>(mothers  arms and breast) to something cold and firm (bassinet) wakes them up. 
>But I  find that the nurses and the parents get relief when they give a 
>pacifier. I  try to explain the hardships of providing a pacifier to early but 
>sleep is the  only thing the parents want. 
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>Sounds like "Baby's Second Night" to me.
>
>Jan Barger, RN, MA, IBCLC, FILCA
>Wheaton IL
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