I think Rachel hit the nail on the head with this. I remember being almost frantic about my slow gainers. Then when my now 20 month old was slowly gaining as an infant, I came across something that said "watch the baby, not the scale", and what a relief that was. She was very developmentally advanced, happy, cooing, satisfied. She just looked like a waif. She's now a close to 26 pound 20 month old who still nurses three times a day and eats solids like a horse! And then there's my almost 7 year old who has weighed 38 pounds for close to three years now and just gets taller and taller (and so looks more and more scrawny). Then I have two average weight kids and two obese ones (one of them medication-induced). Only one of the six was a "rolly-polly" infant. The point is, a new mom has enough to worry about. There are LOTS of factors besides effective breast-feeding that affect growth. If the baby seems healthy and happy, can't we fore-go the twice a week weight checks that are common and one ounce a day parameters and save the new parents some worry AND money?! Beth Fitzpatrick, mom of 6, breast-feeding advocate, biomedical engineer student "When in despair, remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won; there have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time they can seem invincible, but in the end they always fall." Gandhi *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html