I have been browsing the archives, and have found many references to what 
guidelines our local practices use for when neonatal weight loss should be 
concerning - with the most common range being 7-10% loss. But does anyone 
know where these numbers come from? Is this just observational - that 
babies who lose more than that amount don't do well? Or has there been any 
research into outcomes for babies with particular weight losses? Or - has 
there even been research into what "normal weight loss" even is???

Someone asked me for a reference, and I've been searching the better part 
of the morning, and can't find a thing (other than a remarkably 
discouraging bout with google scholar in which I found about a million 
papers relating breastfeeding to excessive weight loss. There was only one 
paper that phrased it correctly - "insufficient breastfeeding and 
excessive neonatal weight loss")

Thanks for the help!

Kirsten Berggren, PhD
www.workandpump.com
University of Vermont Department of Nursing

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