>A large proportion of the babies that I work with, referred by our
baby-friendly paediatricians, are 2 - 6 week olds who are not thriving - eg
they are not gaining sufficient weight on exclusive breastfeeding to
reassure the paediatrician<

Pamela, to pick just one point from your post and focus on it (when I know
it was not the major focus), what protocol are these paeds using for
1) frequency of weighing babies
2) expected weight gain trajectory?

Sounds like they have a protocol, which we sure don't.  Look forward to
hearing about it.

Magda Sachs
Breastfeeding Supporter, BfN, UK

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