Kris, Thank you for your thoughts about my post. Because I am talking to this mother's sister, and not her, I hesitate (I would anyway, as I am not this kind of counselor, nor do I yet have this kind of intimate rapport with our League mom) to bring up sexual abuse. It's helpful to me, however, to hear this thought of yours--any and all that might shed light on the how and why of this situation, as well as concrete information about compromised nutrition (as in anorexia) and breastfeeding and failure-to-thrive, is helpful to me as I go about gathering information and continue to talk to the sister. I am not sure if the anorexia existed when this mother's other two were infants. The sister said that the mother's doctor is aware that there was a history of anorexia, but possibly not aware that the mother is currently anorexic. The most important aspect of this situation is that the baby is hardly gaining any weight. It is horrifyingly interesting that the mother seems to have all the milk (witness the stored 200 ounces) but that the baby is not getting enough. Diane