Your Client Is 24 Hours Postpartum

Multiple Choice

Your client is 24 hours postpartum. The nurses have suggested keeping the baby in the nursery overnight so the mom can get some rest. She asks your advice. Which of the following is NOT part of your counseling about "rooming-in"?

A) "You will get more rest if your baby stays in your room."
B) "The nurses will probably give the baby a pacifier if you let them keep him at night."
C) "Rooming-in allows you to learn your baby's rhythms, and to catch early feeding cues which makes breastfeeding easier."
D) "Babies who are kept in their mothers' rooms cry less."