Gee, I wonder what hospital has "cribs with sides" that can be pulled level
with a moms bed. At the many hospitals that I've been in, newborns are not in
"cribs" they are in bassinets that look like plastic dresser drawers on
wheels. Even the cribs in the pediatric unit are huge and could not be placed
level with an adult patient bed.
        Frequently, in our hospital, moms who have had normal vaginal
deliveries usually do have their babies in bed with them at night, regardless
of how the baby is fed. I have been going in at 6 am to do rounds with night
staff and 3 out of 4 babies that I see are right there in bed with mom. With
the side rails up, it's quite safe.
Mary Kay Smith, CLE, IBCLC
Romeoville, IL

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