Hi Gonneke:

Our docs in the US are extremely fixated on growth charts. When a little
one like this drops so many percentage levels so fast on weight, the docs
become very upset. It's to the point the docs see a legal liability for
themselves if the baby doesn't show a regular growth on the charts.

Maybe I should ask them about the BMI for baby? If he has a proper Body
Mass Index for his age and height, all should be okay, right?

He looks beautiful to me, but the docs must make the numbers work on paper.

Phyllis



> Reding this:
>
> > Skin color good / pink.
> > Eyes big & bright. Sociable. Responsive. Smiling. Meeting other
> > developmental milestones. Fat padded marshmallow (texture, not color)
skin
> > all over. No bones visible at joints. He is into pitstop nursings. He
has 6
> > teeth & I believe he is working on the next pair. He can hold himself
> > upright on his feet while holding onto mom's fingers with very little
hip
> > wobble.
> >
> > Mom says in the last month he has been nursing "all the time". He used
to
> > sleep thru the night (8-10 hrs) but now wakes up about 2x night to
nurse or
> > eat.
>
> I'd say: here's a little man working incredibly hard on getting forwards
in
> the world, using all of his resources for development (re mom head is
growing,
> too!), leaving nothing, at this time, for body mass growth.
> He'll catch up with that later. He doesn't look skinny or weak.
>
> Warmly greeting,
>
> Gonneke van Veldhuizen, IBCLC, LLLL
> Germany - The Netherlands
>


--- Phyllis Adamson, IBCLC, RLC
--- Glendale, AZ, USA
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