Norma Ritter writes:

>Of course she wasn't getting any solids, so doc said to nurse less...and then told the mother to drink more water to *dilute the milk.*
>Oh yeahhhhhhh........THAT makes sense!
>

At least having mom drink more water (within reason) to "dilute the
milk" is a fairly harmless "intervention"!  I wonder if the doctor
realized that this is magical thinking (sympathetic magic, to be precise)?
Catherine Watson Genna, BS, IBCLC   NYC

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