Back to the basics... lots of skin-to-skin, lots of co-sleeping, cuddling, unrestricted "non-nutritive" sucking (I put that in quotes because I can't see how the breast can ever be really dry), long nights together and help with other things during the day... I tell mothers who have challenges that lead to supplementation that they can "make up in duration what they lost in exclusivity". I mean the emotional effects, of course... I also remind them that they probably won't need to use formula once solids are started, so that it is, really, a short period in the baby's life. A motivated mother can be devastated by having to supplement, and not being able to get enough ebm by any reasonable means to use for supplementation. Jo-Anne *********************************************** 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