Melinda wrote: "The next day they are usually frantically calling me into the room because the baby has started to refuse the breast because that slow colostrum flow is just not enough." Melinda, do you have "belly balls"? I show moms the marbles which represent the infant's stomach capacity at birth, 3 days and 10 days and suddenly the small amount of colostrum makes sense. I also hold the artificial milk bottles upside down, which causes them to drip freely, and squeeze the nipple gently, which sends a huge stream of liquid shooting out and shows what the baby has to deal with. Suddenly they understand why the baby drank so much...again that survival instinct: As Cathy Genna says: " drink or drown" !! Another thing that Cathy taught us, which I added to my morning lecture, is the idea that the baby calibrates the milk supply on day two which also explains the feeding frenzy. And of course the idea that breastfeeding is aerobic exercise and that it makes the heart and lungs healthy. Moms can definitely relate to that!! IN her whirlwind tour here, Cathy taught us so much, especially new ways to phrase things. Thanks, Cathy, you are remembered every morning in my 7:15 lecture. It is better to get to the moms before the birth to protect the babies from those night bottles. Esther Grunis, IBCLC Lis Maternity Hospital Tel Aviv, Israel *********************************************** 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(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html