In the past it was shown that formula intake was a shock to the baby's system so it was recommended that the baby have nothing, or perhaps just water, for the first 24 hours. Many health care practitioners have no idea how long a baby should stay at the breast or how often to feed the baby. If it takes a baby 10-15 minutes to take a bottle, that should be long enough at the breast. Health care professionals may be looking more at growth charts than at the babies they care for. A breastfed baby may lose weight at first or may not have regained his birth weight by 10 days, but it's much more important to assess that the baby is eating well.
Many breastfed babies become jaundiced.
If the baby is gaining well, the jaundice is probably normal. Our culture values the concept of being civilized. Civilized upper class women do not breastfeed because they are not as close to nature as women in developing countries. And babies need to be civilized as well. Many parents feel most comfortable with schedules and avoiding such practices as comforting the baby and nursing the baby to sleep.