On Monday, February 16, 2004, at 09:54 PM, Jennifer tieman wrote:
> I have a baby, born full-term, spontaneous vaginal delivery, 8 lbs 13
> oz,
> left hospital feeding well. Mom is 36, 3rd baby, last baby born 10
> years
> ago and breastfed for only 6 weeks. Due to schedule around holidays,
> baby
> was not seen until 2 weeks of age, and was 9 lbs 7 oz then, looking
> plump
> and happy, nursing well, mom content. Baby then had the misfortune to
> get
> the chicken pox from her older brother. Baby did well according to
> mom, did
> not seem very ill, nursed frequently and recovered quickly. When she
> came
> for her 1 month checkup at 5 weeks of age, though, she was only 9 lbs 8
> oz.
> She was wetting appropriately, stooling 4-5 times a day, bright and
> active,
> so I chalked up the poor gain (1 oz in 3 weeks?) to being ill, or
> perhaps
> the first weight was not accurate. Went over frequent feeds and how to
> distinguish nutritive sucking with mom, encouraged her to bring baby
> into
> her bed at night (she's very busy during the day) and scheduled her
> for a
> re-weigh. Baby returned today, 2 weeks later and was 9 lbs 15 oz (7 oz
> gain
> in 14 days.) I'm willing to accept that weight gain, but am still
> wondering
> why it has taken her so long to start gaining.>>
it didn't take her so long though. bw was 8#13, there was probably some
loss from there, so by 2 weeks, she'd gained at least 10 oz (but
probably closer to a lb based on lowest weight). am I reading that
correctly?
but from 2 to five it was only an ounce? and there was an
illness.......was the 2 wk weight a different scale than the 5 wk
weight? maybe a full wet diaper was worn at the 2 wk check? odd
perhaps. I can only say that when my youngest is ill (with anything),
she almost always looses weight despite frequent nursing. She's 28 mos
and weighs 22.5 lbs....the nurse was about to say 22 lbs when I said "uh
uh, she weighed 22.5 when we were here 8 wks ago for her infectected
toe." so she worked it up to 22.5 to maintain.
<<Baby, though, is smiling, batting at objects, and still appears
> plump with nice little fat rolls on her thighs. Mom describes feeding
> appropriately, and baby still wets well and stools 3-4 times a day
> (stool
> observed in the office to be yellow and seedy.) >>
everything sounds good.
<<Is it just the illness that
> caused her not to grow for 3 weeks?>>
could be. more likely though that it's a combination of
things.....maybe a difference in scales, maybe an incorrect weight
somewhere early on (maybe at the 2 wk visit?) ...maybe lost a little
while sick so has actually gained a good bit. hard to say exactly -
but all of those are possible.
:)
katherine in atl
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