Subject: | |
From: | |
Reply To: | |
Date: | Wed, 3 Nov 1999 14:07:15 +0000 |
Content-Type: | text/plain |
Parts/Attachments: |
|
|
>Hi All,
>
>I'd love some collective wisdom. I saw a family tonight for poor weight
>gain. What thoughts do you all have for why the baby stalled
>gaining weight between week 3 and 5?
>
>birth wt 6,7
>discharge 6,1
>3 weeks 7,1
>5 weeks (10/29) 7,3
I agree this raises eyebrows, but bf babies don't gain regularly and it
could be insignificant - especially in baby who seems to check out fine in
every respect, and seems to feed effectively. If it was here, I'd want to
know (and I appreciate you might have asked these, but just not included it
in your post)
* how often is the baby coming to the breast day and night?
* are the feeds *always* 90 minutes long *without a break* - if so I would
be concerned
* is the mother responding to baby's cues?
* how accurate are the weights?
* can she feed more often by responding more to the baby's cues during the
day and night?
Heather Welford Neil
NCT bfc Newcastle upon Tyne UK
***********************************************
The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned
LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM)
mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to:
http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html
|
|
|