Theresa writes: If we go by the birth weight, he's lost around 14%, but by discharge weight (which seems to me to be a more reliable indicator, since he'd been able to pass the excess fluids by that point) it's only 7% or so. Am I wrong in thinking that this pair will be just fine by increasing nursings and that this "drastic" weight loss isn't problematic? I would not be comfortable with a 14 % wt. loss. I think this dyad needs a thorough assessment, including observation of breastfeeding and a test wt. to assess milk transfer. If baby is taking an adequate amount at a typical feeding and feeding frequently, I would want to follow baby's wt. on a daily basis with very quick intervention if things don't immediately turn around. Despite much annecdotal discussion on artificially inflated birth weights, I don't totally buy it. No matter how you cut it, a wt. drop of over a pound in that size baby is way too much. If someone can convince me of the physiology to explain these so called inflated birth weights I'd love to hear it. What I see, most of the time, at weight losses 10 % or greater are babies with low energy and poor milk transfer at breast. Kathy Boggs, RN, IBCLC Kathy Boggs, RN, IBCLC *********************************************** 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