The poster writes: >when we were together today she put baby off when he obviously wanted >to >nurse, and used a pacifier. He is smart enough and old enough that >he >won't take formula in a bottle. We tried cup feeding since the MD >wants >baby to take formula. Baby wouldn't take formula that way, >either. Mom has >tried pumping, but only gets 1/2 oz. after feedings. >She feels like she's >got to do something fast to help this kid to gain >weight. This description sets off some alarm bells for me. If the mother is so concerned about his weight, why is she postponing nursing and trying to satifsy him with a pacifier? Perhaps there is something more going on here? Munchhausen's-by-proxy or some other weirdness?? Just a thought. Kathy Dettwyler _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html