Jay -
Re: twins who have cried all the time since birth and are gaining no more
than .5 oz per day: Could their gassiness and fussiness be simply hunger?
Is their one-breasted mom supplementing them to the extent they need?
(And not with cereal in a bottle ;-) )
It would be really nice to see what these kids did with a few days of full
access to donor human milk. If they settled on that, and if mom couldn't
continue access to donor milk, perhaps she could try a hypoallergenic formula.
I've had several mothers of underfed babies comment that their babies are
fussy and gassy. The comments stop when the babies get fed. A thought.
Diane Wiessinger, MS, IBCLC, LLLL Ithaca, NY