I felt compelled to jump in with my $.02 here. My understanding about breastfed babies was that they could be expected to gain weight faster in the earlier months than their artificially fed counterparts,typically plateauing before a year and thereafter slowing their weight gain considerably, in contrast to the formula fed babies who typically might be expected to gain steadily more weight with the passage of time. This certainly applies to my own boys, who though different in their nursing styles and even body types, definitely had in common really rapid weight gain in the first few months of their lives (i.e. 1 lb./week for at least the first two months!- Maybe in hindsight I had oversupply?) Anyway, the gist of the articles was that it was the rapid early weight gain of the formula fed infants that seemed to be operative. Any of you others have the same thoughts? Marjorie Vera Brooklyn, NY USA LLLL *********************************************** 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(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html