Well, its official...my 9 month old otherwise healthy breastfed (Still 10 times a day) girl has jsut fallen to the 5% on the growth charts.  the pedi, who is new, went on and on  about how i need to feed her high fat foods and such.  she then said taht it was time for her to have a hemoglobin check.  I explained to her that I understand that BF infants fall off the second half of their first year with weight gain, which is normal and that I didnt think it was necessary to check her blood.  She was very flustered at this and started tryign to convice me.  But I gave her the evidence taht I had about BF babies not routinely needing FE supplementation.  She also eats a lot of veggies and fruits, so I am not concerned.  but the pedi is concerned taht I refused to have her poked...DOesnt seem taht she heard me...with all the evidence based info I gave her...kinda disconcerting.  jsut my 0.02. :)  

Andrea Bass RN
Lactation  Specialist
future IBCLC

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