I was a petite baby/child but am very normal, a little overweight now. I didn't double my birthwt until 1 year old. My mom's Pedi said not to worry about it, in 1958. One of my daughter's was a robust gainer and is a healthy 15 yo now. My other daughter had the exact same gaining pattern I did, through infancy and elementary school. I had my vaccination/wt record to compare. My Pedi sent me and Naomi to a dietician when she was about 6 mos old, in '92. Thinking back, a referral to a Lact. Consultant would have been more helpful. A friend in LLL suggested adding butter to her cereal, which I did, the gain made the dr. happy. Then I switched docs, got a petite Pedi who had 3 petite sons. No more wt problem for Naomi! And I stopped the butter in the cereal, thought why am I adding fats to make a dr. happy? What would have been more helpful is breast compression and adding a feeding or 2 during the night. Susan in Minnesota *********************************************** 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