In a message dated 97-07-20 12:36:35 EDT, Jan Yarberry writes:

<< My other concern is about the whole "night nurse" thing.  Having
 been a night nurse for some time, let me say that there are MANY mothers who
 have signs posted all over the crib about "no ABM, no pacifiers".  Then
night
 shift starts, and the mom is exhausted from entertaining visitors all
evening
 and requests that the baby be fed in the nursery so she can get rested
before
 discharge tomorrow.  Great :-(  whose turn is it to be the wet nurse
tonight?>>

When I worked as a nurse, my least favorite situations involved the
breastfeeding mothers who wanted their babies kept in the nursery overnight
but did not want them to be fed.  "No bottles or pacifiers---if he cries,
just pick him up and comfort him."

For an eight hour shift?  With a nursery full of babies to take care of?

So I'd call the pediatrician and ask him or her to give the mother a reality
check---and the pediatrician would back the mother up!  "The baby doesn't
need to eat.  He wouldn't be getting anything from his mother's breasts
anyway---her milk hasn't come in yet.  Keep the baby in the nursery---no
bottles or pacifiers."

Yikes!  Talk about cruel and unusual punishment---for both the baby AND the
night nurse.

Rita