The other part of the numbers game, equally meaningless to starting
supplements based solely on a percentage weight loss rather than on an
assessment of the whole baby and the feeding situation, is
supplementing to raise the baby's weight up to a number within the
magical 10% of birthweight, without even trying to figure out why baby
lost so much, and of course without fixing whatever was broken. 'He's
gained it back now, whew, so we can stop supplementing' even when the
baby isn't feeding any better than before. As if the weight loss
itself was a diagnosis rather than a possible symptom.
Arrrghh.

Rachel Myr
Kristiansand, Norway

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