I'm with you here, Lynn. In addition to painful conditions that might 
cause the baby to want to suck for comfort, I would also be interested 
in this baby's suck:swallow:breathe coordination. I'm seeing a subset of 
thriving tt babies with alterations in their suck:swallow coordination 
who are growing very fast and are miserable. So far, frenotomy has fixed 
the coordination problem and the growth stabilizes and the babies calm 
down, some faster than others.

Too bad the parents don't want to see you. Sigh.

Catherine Watson Genna BS, IBCLC  NYC  cwgenna.com

On 7/11/2012 3:02 PM, Lynn Carter wrote:
> I have one of "those" clients, where we wonder why they called if they
> don't want the benefit of a professional.  Baby is a couple weeks old,
> family history of big babies via csec.  Baby gained 10oz in the last four
> days and screams if unlatched even for a moment for mom to use the
> bathroom, and has done this since birth. Dad has contacted me, but still he
> is dead certain that this is just a baby who is programmed to grow fast,
> and wants tips on how to increase mom's supply to keep up with this growth.
>   I did give this info, before I knew the weights.  I have suggested to the
> family that a baby who is drinking so much and yet is never happy is very
> likely nursing for comfort because of some underlying issue.  I suggested a
> CST evaluation, since this was a csec.  Diapers are mustardy, not the green
> of oversupply.
>   
> So my question is, just how fast can growth be and still be normal?  I
> really think that if this were truly normal, baby would be happy, not
> miserable.
>
> Lynn Carter OFS LLLL IBCLC
> Missouri, USA
>
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