I've very interestingly read all of the posts on this. I have a mom I
have been working with for over a year. Her son just turned a year old.
She is very slight, maybe 5 feet 4 inches. Her husband is from Japan
and is also not large. Her son is 17 pounds at one year of age. He has
always been a slow gainer. And learning to breastfeed was not easy for
this mom, she is very analytical and not the most warm or loving or
touchy person. I have a great ped nurse practitioner and she has the
same insurance so I put the two of them together and it has probably
saved this mom from being told repeatedly to give formula. We are
trying to get more fat into this baby, but I am convinced that he is
fine, he is growing on his own curve, developmentally wonderful, a
bright, obviously healthy little boy. Mom saw another doctor for her
child's one year check up and he took all my work and tossed it out the
window. Feed pediasure. Stop breastfeeding, the baby will eat more if
you stop nursing. Don't nurse at night. He's too small. I wanted to
scream. Someone said that mom's need to trust their insticts, but
unfortunately, I don't think many moms feel they can. They've been told
from the time they were children (Kiss and hug Uncle Bob (who they see
once every 3 years) don't talk to strangers, but here's your new teacher
who you've never met, good bye have a good day, etc.) I know as a new
mom, I KNEW something was wrong with my baby's eyes, and I asked when
she was five days old to see a specialist, and was told (by the same dr
above) that I was a worried mom who knew nothing and to wait, it was
false strabismus. But when we finally, 3 months later, got to a
pediatric opth, I was told "why didn't I see this child at birth! We
could have prevented so much damage!" So yes, I think many mom's
natural insticts are squashed by our society. Sadly.
Ok ramble over.
joylyn
Jennifer Davis wrote:
>And my successfully breastfed, no solid foods until 8 months of age, weighs
>a whopping 26 pounds now - she's turning 4 years old in three weeks.
>Different babies, different growth, all normal! Had a hard time convincing
>the pediatrician of that though. Her head circumference is in the 3rd
>percentile, her weight is in the 8th, and her height (three feet tall) is in
>the 25th. She was born at 8lbs 12ozs, though, so according to them, she
>"fell off the charts."
>Jennifer B. Davis, ICCE-CD, CD(DONA)
>Exec. Director
>Triangle Birth Network, Inc.
>
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