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Re: Down's Syndrome weight gain
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Pat Young <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 4 Dec 2013 11:35:35 -0600
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Not "just my clinical experience".  Your experience contains valuable info for us all.  Pat in SNJ


On 12/04/13, Barbara Robertson wrote:

Dear Ladies,
I have worked with a grand total of three Down's Syndrome babies.
One gained really fast but was bottle feed her mama's milk.
The other two got pumped milk in the beginning but were primarily at the 
breast after 6 weeks or so. Even though they had access to more 
calories by bottle if they wanted them, they gained super, super slow. 
2 oz per week or so, sometimes as many as 4 oz. They both seemed 
healthy and vigorous, looked chubby, the drs were concerned but not 
alarmed. Both mothers said to me that being over weight is a life long 
challenge for Down's Syndrome children so having slow weight gain was 
fine with them.
There is a special weight gain chart for Down's Syndrome babies but I 
found that even with that these babies were gaining slowly.
Having better lung capisity, higher IQ, better oral, tongue, jaw, facial 
muscular development were also important factors for these mothers to 
make sure breastfeeding work. Both these babies nursed for over 1 year.
Just my clinical experience.
Thank you,
Barbara Robertson, MA, IBCLC, RLC
The Breastfeeding Center of Ann Arbor

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