In a message dated 6/4/2003 5:13:06 PM Eastern Standard Time, [log in to unmask] writes:

> According to the mom, the pediatrician believes that breastfed babies =
> should be gaining an oz per day.  This baby has fallen in percentiles on =
> the growth chart (from 35th to fifth) but is still gaining.  It is my =
> understanding, and the mom's as well, that the average breastfed baby =
> slows in weight gain after 6 months.  I thought that 1/2oz
> per day is =
I do believe this baby needs FOOD - upping the calories from solids - certainly should not be falling in percentiles  (red flag)

Holly, RN,IBCLC
peds office nurse

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