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I also agree that test weighings are undesirable. Always have. They are
not done frequently in the area where I work. Perhaps with premature babies
because of Paul Meier's teachings.
But I believe you *can* watch a baby and know the baby is getting milk.
Whether he gets 100 ml at a feeding or 120 ml at a feeding seems to me
beyond the point. Feedings will vary, and a test weighing done at 9 a.m.
might show a very different result than a feeding done at 9 p.m. Would the
fact that mothers have less milk at night require that baby to get a
supplement? We have this problem, especially in premature nurseries that
the baby should get, say, 30 ml/feeding. Why? Why can a baby not get 30 ml
one feeding 20 ml another and 40 another? What is the use of test weighings
exactly. I do not believe this reassuring mother story. I think mothers
are more frequently *not* reassured. Because *we* have no confidence. Show
the mother the open-pause-close type of sucking and let her know the baby is
getting a mouthful which each "pause". True whether the baby is 1 day old
or 1 year old.
Jack Newman, MD, FRCPC
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