I think I read somewhere that some nicu's swab the baby's mouth/lips with the drops of colostrum - like for mouth care. This could be suggested to the neo docs - even if the baby is NPO (nothing by mouth). Laurie Wheeler, RN, MN, IBCLC Violet Louisiana, SE USA suburb of New Orleans mailto:[log in to unmask] _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com *********************************************** 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