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Date: | Wed, 13 Jul 2005 00:02:26 -0700 |
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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
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