Heather stated- "wonder from where the mother has the idea of the thermometer in the >rectum. Yikes! That bit of info alone tells me the mum may really >not know about normal healthy babies and normal healthy babycare." Heather, From what mother stated, the baby's doctor wanted her to stimulate the baby with the thermometer to help baby have BM. Helen l. Vermilya RNC IBCLC PA *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html