Diane writes:
> One of our sons *lost height* moving from one doctor to another.  It was
> immediately assumed to be an error by one office or the other, and even
then
> (also part of my young and innocent days) it occurred to me to ponder how
a
> loss of *height* in a child is immediately taken to be an error, but a
loss
> of *weight* would just as quickly be seen as a problem.

Wow, Diane - This made a scene from last month pop into my head. It's
"Expectations".

A new mom was being discharged from the hospital bottlefeeding Carnation
formula. The nurse brought in the customary "diaper bag giveaway" (similac
or enfamil, I don't recall which), opened it up and took out the formula
saying to the mom "You won't be needing this". Why is it so hard to get the
nurses to do that with the breastfeeding moms????

Boy, the formula companies certainly have played with health care workers
"expectations" when it comes to breastfeeding....
Gail S. Hertz, MD, IBCLC
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