LuAnn wrote in about a baby not back to birthweight by one week of age, and a ped who told the mother it could be related to her laxative use... The facility where I work instructs parents that baby should be back to birthweight by 10 days to 2 weeks of age. For a baby to be back to birthweight at one week old is unrealistic, IMHO, especially if Mom's milk supply came in more toward postbirth day #5, which is still within a *normal range*. How much weight did the baby lose? A loss of 7-8% of birthweight is acceptable in the first week of life. With all due respect to the ped, blaming the laxatives for whay may be a *normal* newborn growth pattern sounds like blather. Carole __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] 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