In Norwegian there is something referred to as an 'increase day' or økedag.
I recognized it immediately from the context as what was called 'growth
spurt' in English.
I find it more useful to let mothers know that milk production is dynamic,
not static, and that if a capable baby is simply offered the breast when it
shows signs of wanting it, there is seldom a supply problem.  I'm always
uneasy when a mother can tell me the exact number of times she has breastfed
in the previous 24 hours, and the exact time and duration of each feed. 
Often it is because there is a problem, most notably pain with feeds, which
is causing the mother to limit feeds.  But really, any  practice associated
with limiting number or duration of feeds will lead to the same result. 
After some days of limited feeds, baby's accumulated deficit is such that
baby just sets about fixing things, by wanting to feed all the time. 
The biggest risk as I see it, is that mothers think they don't have enough
milk, 
and may even supplement, despite the baby being happy at the breast.  

Here is an anecdotal report from my own very limited experience with two
children.  Despite having exclusively breastfed my first child for six
months and then continued breastfeeding her for several years, I wondered
whether I had enough milk for my second child when he seemed to be in a
continuous growth spurt starting at one week of age, feeding
windshield-wiper style for about eight hours every evening.  After placing
him on the kitchen scales when this had gone on for a week or so, I could
calculate that his average daily weight gain was seventy grams (over two
ounces), and I stopped worrying about the adequacy of my milk.  I have no
idea how many times a day he was feeding because I could never be bothered
to keep track; what would I have done with that information? Used it as the
basis for the bill I would present my son with on his eighteenth birthday,
for all the work I'd done in caring for him since birth?

Here's a video to watch that gave me a good laugh today, after having seen
this woman at the VELB conference myself. It has nothing to do with growth
spurts. I found it when watching the video Morgan referred to in a post
earlier this week (thanks, Morgan!)  http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=eqmfEf-OYQM
Rachel Myr
Kristiansand, Norway

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