>Hi everyone,
>
>This is my first post... I read your wise words daily and I now have 
>an odd case that I need help with. Mom of a 10-day-old called me in 
>tears; pediatrician just told her to stop breastfeeding, pump and 
>dump, and feed formula because child has lost a lot of weight (8lbs 
>4oz at birth, 7lbs 1 oz 10 days later.) Baby is not 
>vomiting/spitting up at all and according to mom, has at least 8 wet 
>diapers and 4 or 5 large stools daily.


Were these the only weights? It's helpful to know if the weight is 
going up, or still going down.  On the face of it, this baby may well 
need to feed more often, or more effectively, or to take all the 
range measures to increase the intake of breastmilk, but it could be 
that the baby lost a lot more weight than this and it on the way to 
catching up.

>Pediatrician's concerned it may be celiac disease (no family history 
>other than a distant aunt with the disease) so he says he doesn't 
>want her nursing at all anymore until they've tested the baby.


That's extraordinary - how would formula feeding and no breastfeeding 
help a baby with coeliac disease?

Has the mother understood correctly?

Heather Welford Neil
NCT bfc, tutor, UK
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