Just had to 'weigh-in' and share what the hospital here does: Weigh baby at birth, then every night shift until discharge. If baby was born before 6 pm, then the baby gets weighed again that night, so it could be as little as 6 hrs after birth. We also have a fair amt of babies that lose around 10% while in hospital, and I can't help but think that if they spent the majority of thier time skin to skin and nursing ad lib we would see alot less. Just recently I had a mom/baby where baby had lost a few ounces short of 10%. He spent the majority of his time skin to skin with mom and nursing ad lib. The next night (going into 3rd day) he had gained 4 oz! Janette _________________________________________________________________ Fretting that your Hotmail account may expire because you forgot to sign in enough? Get Hotmail Extra Storage today! http://join.msn.com/?PAGE=features/es *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] 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