Re: [ozmidwifery] "failure to sleep through the night"!!!

[Anne Clarke]

Dear Jackie,   Why don't you write a response to the article to the editors of the ANF - give as many references as possible supporting your argument that the authors are just picking up on normal child behaviour and therefore it was incorrect of the authors to imply otherwise.    Or take a more positive note that the you are grateful to the authors for picking up normal newborn behaviour and that unless newborns feed the stated frequency some mothers may find it difficult to keep their supply and the baby is going to wake frequently anyway because it will be hungry.    If mothers do not feed frequently in this early period their level of prolactin can be inhibited and in some cases it can be difficult to increase this level down the line leading to early weaning and increased risk of infection to babies and I have only just started...........   Regards, Anne Clarke Brisbane ----- Original Message ----- From: Jackie Kitschke To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 14, 2003 4:09 PM Subject: [ozmidwifery] "failure to sleep through the night"!!! I was just flicking through the latest ANF Journal before chucking it out when the title "Frequent feeding clue to disrupted infant sleep"!! It was published in the "Archives of Disease in Childhood" by M. Nikoloulou and I. St. James-Roberts. These researchers identified "at risk" infants during their first week of life which put them at risk of failing to sleep through the night at 12 weeks of age!! Talk about turn normal physiology into an abnormality. They say that babies that feed more than 11 times per day at 1 week were 2.7 times more likely not to sleep through. Duh, aren't they supposed to be feeding frequently. There is no mention of the failure to thrive rate between the "control" group and the"behaviour program group". This program included maximising the difference between day and night, avoinding feeding and cuddling at night and from the age of three weeks gradually delaying feeds when the baby awoke at night!! When will sense prevail. Those poor women out there, they must be so confused with nurses now taking that line. Just annoyed Jackie