I feel like those people who call into talk radio and state: Hello I'm a first time caller. Well, Hello I'm a first time poster. I have been lurking for many months and I have to say how uncanny it is how you all know what issues I am dealing with and post to them directly. It really is a small world. One of the themes recently has been slow growing babies and I wanted to share this story. My first baby(now 22)was very small,totally breastfed, and on the 5% or less side of the growth curve. I was sharing my concern(I wasn't educated in lactation at the time) with my husband's Aunt and she shared this information. My husband's Aunt is 4ft 9in and her husband is 5ft 4in. When her first baby was about 6 months old she took her to the Dr. and said she was worried because her baby was so much smaller than other babies of her age. The Dr. told her, "Mrs. S, you are a small woman and your husband is a small man. We are not raising cattle here!" Bigger isn't always better. Thanks so much to all of you who post and enlighten us. I have enjoyed this venue of learning immensly. Beth McLellan RN, IBCLC Lactation Consultant-NICU Sparrow Hospital Lansing MI *********************************************** 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