Hi Jan, Thanks for taking the time to respond and for your insight! The babies/moms that I was referring to would not fit into the; "not getting enough", "foremilk/hindmilk imbalance or lactose overload" or overestimating the "real" number of feedings categories and that is what I meant to suggest(badly I guess :) ) by stating "after exploring all other possible causes". These babies are very definitely overfeeding. A recent example comes to mind. The father of a two week old (I had seen them for a VNA visit at 4days of age) called describing a baby screaming virtually all of the time if not nursing q1/2-1hr. They were frantic and considering discontinuing brfdg. which was especially surprising to me since theirs was one of the most rewarding visits I had done in a while; a lovely couple in love with their baby, all extremely adept at nursing and otherwise. I am intrigued by the suggesstion to try one breast for several feeds although the increased stim had probably resulted in such an oversupply with this Mom that I'm not sure she could have tolerated it and I wonder if the desired result might be somewhat more delayed than simply trying to hold the baby off a little longer....I don't know but one idea I will surely try in the future! Thanks again! Lynn Shea Rn,Bsn,Ibclc Franklin,Massachusetts *********************************************** 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