Margery, thank you for your response.  I thank all of you for your questions
and suggestions and sharing of your experience.  Can you imagine doing this
work "all alone"?

>Pat, I have reread your posts on the 3 month old who
>is at 5% on the weight charts. I also read your
>comments that this baby is healthy.   I must be
>missing something (it wouldn't be the first time)
>because in a thin but otherwise healthy baby I would
>question whether there is a problem.

Yes, there is most likely not a problem.  They past several weeks have been
spent making sure of that. As I said in reply to Jan, the parents and the
physician suspect that all is well.  Mom even chuckled that if it were
winter and baby had long pants and sleeves she wouldn'e hear so many comments.

I don't believe that mom is feeling that something is *wrong* with her milk,
just as nothing is *wrong* with her baby.  She would just like to see her
gain a little more. She believes in her milk and she believes in her baby.
She rejects the "force feeding" that some have advised and she is ready to
relax and feed her baby.  She is enjoying the avacado and coconut sprinkles
and Tofutti frozen dessert.

SOMEONE
>has to be in that lower 5%.

We've talked about this and the parents know it.

>I'm assuming that the HCPs have ruled out an
>underlying physical problem? There isn't overuse of
>pacifier?

Yes. and No, there is only breast, and baby does a lot of night feeding in
bed with mom.
>
>I've had two patients in the past year who had bf
>babies in the 10th%. Everyone kept a wary eye but
>both are thriving toddlers now. Still thin but healthy.


I think that this will be the story for  this family.

Patricia Gima, IBCLC
Milwaukee
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