I received a call from the mother of a nine month old  with a question about
weight gain.  The baby weighed 6lb 7 oz at birth, was  14 lbs at 6 months and
at 9 months is 15lbs. The baby has gone from the 25th percentile to the 5th.
The mother is feeding cereal twice a day and a jar of baby food.  She nurses
ad lib, at least 8 times a day.  It was suggested to her by her doctor to put
mayonnaise or miracle whip in the babyfood to increase the calories.  Anyone
ever heard of this?  Other than increasing the amount of solids (nursing first)
does anyone have any other ideas?

             ***********************************************

To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail
To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest)
To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet
All commands go to [log in to unmask]

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