To respond to Denise Hewson's query re output during the first few days. The criteria at my hospital is one or more urines per day for the first 5 days, then more that that. BM's need to have completely changed by that magic 5 days, from the typical meconium to typical breast milk stools. We tell parents that it needs to be a lot of volume or a lot of frequency, or both. Less indicates lack of intake, hence a problem and they are instructed to call their ped provider. I hope that this info helps. [log in to unmask]