Ann -- I don't work in a hospital but have seen a few of these babies recently at days 2 or 3. Am wondering if there are more of them than before so perhaps local hospitals have also changed procedures. Anyway -- usually these babies are not hungry (obviously with a stomach full of mucous) and parents are concerned. Even small quantities will create a spitting/gagging episode. I teach parents to roll baby on side to deal with it as want the stuff out. Parents otherwise try to stop the gagging by keeping baby upright. Not a good idea in this case. Eventually baby has enough large spits, or one or two true vomits and then all is ok. It took me a while to pick up on this pattern and now am cautiously happy when parents report mucousy baby took first full feed and vomited whole amount. To date this has signalled the end of all the mucousy spit up parents had been so concerned about, and the beginning of normal feeding. I can see where this would be frustrating for you in the first 24 hours in hospital.