Dear Lactnetters, Know this might be trivial when compared to everything (wonderfully informative) I've been reading on Lactnet recently, but heard one I think might be new today. Has anyone else heard this? Pediatrician informed mom that her 9 month old should be sleeping through the night by now. Also, that she should not be nursing during the night because the baby falls asleep and the milk stays on his teeth. (Like they don't do that during the day?) To Jan: I gave out 5 nipple shields in the last two weeks. It had been many months since I'd given out another. One went to a mom with nipple pain whose baby had ankyloglossia, and it was being taken care of shortly. One went to a mom whose nipples were beginning to look like she'd taken a cheese grater to them (shield or not nursing) and 3 went to moms of preemies. The preemie moms were also pumping concurrently, and we only used them if babies were tiring during feeds, with plans for follow up and moving away from the shields as quickly as possible. I tend to recommend insurance pumping if it hasn't been a particularly stellar feed and milk supply has not yet been established. I also usually try everything else first. Oh, and forgot--I rec: one to my niece with a flat nipple. Baby used several days, and now no longer uses it. Thank you all for generous sharing of wonderful info. Linda Duce RN CNM Austin, TX *********************************************** 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