I had no response r/t syrup of ipecac, so I was waiting to hear from others. However, as a League Leader we had a mom come to one of our meetings who was anorexic. She even used mustard instead of butter on the small amount of bread she ate! Her baby was not gaining adequately, probably because she had ZERO fat in her diet...and very few calories of any kind. She wanted to be back in her very thin weight by 6 weeks postpartum. My co-leader was a registered dietitian. We spent some time with her after our meeting, and finally agreed that breastfeeding was not adequate for this baby, who was not back to birth weight at 4 weeks - and looked like his skin was hanging from his frame. Scared us to death! We kept in close contact with the mom after the meeting, and offered her support in using SNS with formula (no milk banks nearby at the time). She quit breastfeeding, and frankly we were relieved. She needed much more help than we could offer and her baby had no time for her to deal with her problems. Jeanette Panchula, BSW, RN, IBCLC Vacaville, CA *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html