well mom and baby are home now. I must say i've been very frustrated on this case as well as mom is very quick to stick a bottle of formula in his mouth when he gets to crying. It's made me constantly question her dedication. I got to the point the other night where as a friend I had to tell her I would offer no more help unless she requested it as we'd gone over what needed to be done to protect her milk supply and she just wasn't doing it. fast forward to a phone call with her today. she says the baby is breastfeeding for up to 20 minutes without falling asleep and she was able to pump 1.5 ounces on each breast - which is impressive to me considering her circumstances. She is still using the hospital faucet nipples (you've seen those, before right? the ones that drip like a faucet!) and I guess she's given up on the syringe. I asked about finger feeding and the materials necessary to do it at the hospital and was told that they don't do that. (even though the hospital LC's website claims she does everything (cup, spoon, finger). I couldn't even get a syringe from that place. I did bring her a second nature bottle, which is the only one that I've found that actually doesn't leak and the baby must work to get the liquid out - but she was still using the leaky faucet ones when i saw her yesterday. baby was down to 7 lbs 8 oz from 8 lbs 1 oz. Mom states she's not sure if she'll take him for his 3-5 day checkup or not. It's really out of my hands as I've helped as much as I could (took care of her children all week, etc.) I now need to focus on my own family as my little ones have missed their mommy and the baby has missed his breasts and is tired of bottles of mommy milk. *********************************************** Archives: http://community.lsoft.com/archives/LACTNET.html Mail all commands to [log in to unmask] To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or [log in to unmask]) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet or ([log in to unmask]) To reach list owners: [log in to unmask]