Well for crying out loud already. So the mom I wrote about a few days ago - the one whose hubby has von willebrand's, mom has wheat sensitivities as well as a host of other allergies, both parents have GI issues, the baby has not been gaining weight properly and has been having light to medium brown fouls smelling stools (whose ped said were just fine.) went to a new Ped today. They got sent home with three 8oz cans of Similac Isomil Advance Soy Formula and directions to feed the baby at least an ounce of it after breastfeeding twice a day, come back in a month for a weight check and the 6 month old shots. Mom states Dr sounded willing to do testing, but won't before they try formula, and that he didn't seem interested in the breastmilk intake results. Per mom, "He also pretty much said that his concern was the baby, that my diet issues weren't so relevant, and wasn't interested in weights other than current and birth." What the???? I did a consult and baby does have some really tight muscles (neck and back) that appear to be making her tongue look and act tied, but there is no snug frenulum to be found. I have seen this before many times so am confident in my evaluation. When I see this I send the baby for treatment and the muscles ease up and the tongue no longer looks tor acts tied. :-) They were referred to my Practioner who can take care of that aspect. The latch and everything else were fine. However, mom had been only nursing on one breast per feed, which (according to the pre/post weights) was not enough for a full meal. She has been instructed, by me, to switch nurse every feeding giving baby 2 times on each breast (or more), to nurse nurse nurse - snacks, meals, in-between snack snacks.in other words nurse as often as possible or as often as the baby will. Mom is highly allergic so we are doing research to see what galactogogues she can safely take (any thoughts here?) to increase her supply. In her first 24 hr time period baby took in 18 ounces. Not great, but sure could be worse. My oh my.when will people catch a clue? Frustrated in Sac. Jaye Jaye Simpson, IBCLC, CIIM Breastfeeding Network Sacramento, CA www.breastfeedingnetwork.net *********************************************** Archives: http://community.lsoft.com/archives/LACTNET.html To reach list owners: [log in to unmask] Mail all list management commands to: [log in to unmask] COMMANDS: 1. To temporarily stop your subscription write in the body of an email: set lactnet nomail 2. To start it again: set lactnet mail 3. To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet 4. To get a comprehensive list of rules and directions: get lactnet welcome