I had a call yesterday from a mother of a 16 month old.  The baby did not
gain any weight or grow from 12 - 15 months.  Aside from some anemia
there hasn't been any medical problem identified.  After I finished
talking to the mother I reviewed my slow weight gain materials and
discovered that I have no information on slow weight gain in a baby of
this age.  All of the materials assume that the baby is eating foods
other than breastmilk, and that once this is happening there is no problem.
        My questions: IF breastmilk is the nearly exclusive source of
nutrition for a baby of this age 1-How should our questions be different?
2- How often and how long should a 15 month old be nursing?  3- What do
we ask about in terms of wet diapers and bowel movements?  and most
importantly 4- What else should we be suspicious of about the cause of
this problem, since we know that breastmilk and breastfeeding are not the
problem?

TIA
Sarah

Sarah Friend Barnett   LLLL, IBCLC
Bronx (New York City), NY  -  [log in to unmask]
" You are not obliged to finish the task,
 neither are you free to neglect it."       R. Tarfon