Rachel wrote:

>
>I hope we get to hear what the GI referral shows.  A baby who regurgitates
>large amounts on waking from naps that last several hours,


I understood the baby to be spitting up after *being fed*  on three 
occasions in the same morning, not after sleeping....I now see 
Barbara's description could be read either way.   I would still want 
to know (and maybe *see*) what the mother meant by large amounts. 
Truly large amounts after sleeping are worth investigating, I agree.

>  and is not
>gaining weight despite manifestly abundant milk production in the mother,
>should be thoroughly examined.


Or, first,  maybe observed by an experienced person,  when feeding, 
to check for attachment and milk transfer? I still haven't seen that 
this essential step has been covered - it may have been, but I 
haven't seen an account of it and what was observed.

I see the paediatrician is not using digital scales and too many 
experiences with this sort of thing would make me  ask further 
questions, too.

I'd even wonder if a paed whose scales are not as modern as they 
should be for a clinical assessment took care to weigh the baby 
naked.  Of course weight is part of the picture here, and a baby 
gaining this slowly merits an assessment - but the weight needs to be 
accurately done, and set in the wider context.


Heather Welford Neil
NCT bfc, tutor

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