>  I have been assured by the
> local child health nurse that 35 grams a day is expected, this is what
> they have in their manual she tells me.

Who wrote that manual?
35 x 7= 245 gm per week.

From the Revised Breastfeeding Answer Book - published by LLLI (Jan.
1997 pub date)
p.118
"Normal weight gain for a breastfed baby is 4 to 8 ounces (113-227 gm)per
week during the first 3 to 4 months, 3 to 5 ounces (85 -142 gm)per week
from 4 to 6 months, and 1 1/2 to 3 ounces (42 to 85 grams) per week from
6 to 12 months."
References are:
Cohen, R et.al, Determinants of growth from birth to 12 months among
breastfed Honduran infants in relation to age of introduction of
complementary foods.  Pediatrics 1995, 96(3) 504-510
Dewey, K. et al, Growth of breastfed and formula fed infants from 0 to 18
months, the DARLING study.  Pediatrics 1992a; 89(6). 1035-41

Sarah Friend Barnett   LLLL, IBCLC
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