I guess I'm too simple minded....but when I teach a newborn care class or
prenatal breastfeeding class, I explain infant weight loss as not all due to "not
getting enough to eat." Babies come out of the womb full of fluid, like a
sponge soaking in a bucket of water and some of that weight loss is evaporation.
That's why their little wrists, hands, and skin is dry after the first few
days. I notice this most on babies who "bake" under the radiant heaters for
longer than I think they should be (Oh, they're cold from their bath....is what I
hear. Take the baby to mom for skin to skin, that'll warm 'em up...is what I
reply.)  So the extra fluid they get from mom's IV via the placenta needs to
come out via urine and stool.
Too bad it has to be so focused on numbers.
Mary Kay Smith, RN, IBCLC
Canton MI

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