Heather,
Thanks for the input...
I question the 10 oz weight gain between day 3 and day 6 also...
The baby was weighed with the same instrument at birth, and on day 3
by the midwife who attended the birth...
the baby was naked for those weights...the scale was one which
suspends the baby in a sling...
The day 6 weight was recorded with a digital scale at a
pediatrician's office- baby was clothed and in a diaper...
I weighed the baby clothed and in a diaper so I would be comparing
apples to apples when comparing the day 6 weighing
with yesterday's weighing...and the baby has lost weight over the 12
day interval...
The latch and suck look picture perfect, but the mom is going to pump
between nursings to rule out poor milk transfer
thanks again,
Jen O'Quinn
On Apr 30, 2006, at 5:20 AM, heather wrote:
>> Hello Everyone,
>>
>> I've been reading the archives but would like to post this
>> situation anyway...
>>
>> Helping a second time mom with 18 day old baby.
>> Baby weighed 7 lbs 14 oz at birth born at home- no complications...
>> Lowest recorded weight was 7 lbs 5 oz on day 3.
>> Highest recorded weight was 7 lbs 15 oz (mom recalls this as being
>> on day 6).
>> Today baby weighed 7 lbs 11 oz.
>
>
> I would question the accuracy of those weighings. A baby does not
> normally gain 10 oz between day 3 and day 6....either the
> mother's recall of the timing, or the weights, is incorrect, I
> would say. Are there no written records of these? This sort of
> thing should not rely on mother's recall.
>
> How was the baby weighed? Electronic scales with recent
> calibration? Or some other way? Naked? Or clothed? At the same time
> of day and in the same relation to feeding or not? Who weighed the
> baby?
>
> I can't comment on whether this mother sounds as if she has
> insufficient 'raw material' to make milk, but most women as we
> know can make more than enough milk for at least two babies,
> especially at first, if they're given a baby/babies who suck
> effectively and often.
>
> I would be looking at improving the way the baby attaches to the
> breast to improve this effectiveness, plus suggesting breast
> compression to encurage the baby to continue feeding when he stops
> sucking.
>
> But mostly, I'd be sceptical of those weights....and I'd ask
> about the accuracy of the birthweight, too.
>
> Heather Welford Neil
> NCT bfc, tutor, UK
>
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