Dear Tricia,
I am no expert of feeding IUGR or preterm babies. However, I do feel I 
can spot a little one still needing to catch up on becoming a healthy 
weight or an over weight baby. This is where I believe you have to use 
your eyes. Does he still look a little thin? If so, he is still in catch 
up mode. Once he plumps up, my guess is, if she is really using paced 
bottle feeding and working on getting him to the breast, he will balance 
himself with his intake. Dr. Smillie describes this cycle of not being 
hungry, then ravenous, then balancing, nicely in the Core Curriculum for 
Interdisciplinary Lactation Care Pages 357 and 358.
Remember, the amount the baby is eating is just one piece of 
information. You have to look at the big picture.
What do you think?
Warmly,


-- 

Barbara Robertson, MA, IBCLC, RLC
The Breastfeeding Center of Ann Arbor
bfcaa.com

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