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Subject:	weight loss "chart"
From:	Toni Pestro <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Lactation Information and Discussion <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Wed, 19 Sep 2001 16:09:53 -0400
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For those of you who work with full term babies, most of them weigh between
five pounds and ten pounds.  A ten percent weight loss in a five pounder is
8ounces.  A ten percent weight loss in a ten pounder is 16 ounces.  A ten
percent weight loss in a 7 pound 8 ounce baby is 12 ounces.

Babies who's weight is between these parameters, can be quickly placed
between 8 and 12 ounces or 12 and 16 ounces.

This (10 percent) would most certainly be the maximum weight loss I might
expect to see.  This short hand method, carried in my head, is the only
chart I need when applied to clinically assessing the baby in front of me.

Toni Pestro, RN, BSN, IBCLC
Cincinnati, OH

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