These are not simple questions, and there are many areas where we don't  have 
much research.  If you search the archives you will see we have  discussed 
various aspects of this many times before.
 
For a review and "best practices" see the California Perinatal Quality Care  
Collaborative's "Improving Nutrition for VLBW Infants" Toolkit II.  Toolkit  I 
was about why and how to support breastfeeding - Toolkit II goes into when 
and  how to start feeds, discharge nutrition, TPN, etc. as well as supporting  
breastfeeding long term.
_www.cpqcc.org_ (http://www.cpqcc.org)   and scroll down to  the Nutrition 
Toolkit II
 
Nancy
Nancy E. Wight MD, IBCLC, FABM,  FAAP

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