PTP
I am a peer counselor working with mom and 2.5 week old baby.  She is also working with an LC, and her pediatrician.
Baby seems to have stopped gaining weight.

2/2 Baby@ birth  5lb 4oz
2/13 5 lbs 9.5 oz (ped office)
2/15 5lbs 6oz (WIC office)
2/16 5lbs 6 oz (ped office)
2/21 5lbs 7oz (WIC office but had diaper on.)

Mom reports 5-7 poopy diapers a day, and 3-4 wet.  Mom reports redness on bum.

Pediatrician was not concerned last week about lack of weight gain, because baby is back to birth weight.  Mom is not scheduled to see pediatrician again until 3/2.  (But plans to call about latest weight check.)

All the signs indicate that mom is producing milk - I hear swallows, I see milk dribbling out the side of baby's mouth, the poops are happening.  Mom spent her weekend breastfeeding and is concerned that there is no weight gain.  I am concerned as well.  

Mom asked me to post to find potential reasons for this stalled weight.  

*I* am asking for help in working with this mom - should I be concerned?  Do I need to be raise a red flag and just how intense is this situation?  This is the first time that I have offered weight checks to a mom and she actually took me up on it, and now I am looking at a situation that isn't just a confidence-building weight check.  

Thank you!
Lisa Paul, ICCE
Breastfeeding Peer Counselor

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