But while knowing the > weights was useful, and a clear indicator that this mother and baby need > help *now*, and not tomorrow or Monday, it was clear from everything else > the mother told me that bf was going very badly - baby never satisfied, > difficult to settle, endless feeds w/o baby ever coming off the breast > spontaneously, extensive use of nipple shield since day 3, cracked and > bleeding nipples when shield not used, extensive use of pacifier. Mother > distraught. It was not a bit surprising the weight was what it was. Dear Heather, you're right, we wouldn't need weights in this clearly dissatisfied baby and sore mom. I see the use of pacifiers from the beginning as a problem. Made one mom promise not to use it last week. If baby wanted to suck - nurse. 4 oz in 4 days. Amazing! Sad that the average HCP in US doesn't see early pacifier use as a red flag. Sincerely, Pat in SNJ *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html