I wrote:

If this baby follows a similar track to the baby I saw  who was 20% below  
BW at 3 weeks of age, the baby will get enough energy and food  and  
practice feeding better to work into taking normal amounts,  and   understanding 
his own hunger and satiation, weight gain trajectory will  get  
better. 
 
~~~  I forgot to say that this baby was supplemented appropriately by  the 
mom from the moment I walked in - she was open to doing that and understood  
why, though it was devastating to her emotionally. The point I was trying 
to  make was that some babies who have been underfed for this long don't have 
the  stomach capacity to take in "normal" sized feeds for the first 12-24 
hours or so  of  being willing to and beginning on the mom's part, the 
appropriate  supplementing,  but often yes babies can "leap frog". I use this to 
mean  that baby really gains and goes into catch-up mode when given a little 
time to  get used to eating normal amounts of food. Sorry if I made it sound 
like  appropriate supplementation was not a critical part of recovery. 
 
Peace,
Judy  

Judy LeVan  Fram, PT, IBCLC, LLLL
Brooklyn, NY,  USA
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