Nathalie describes a classic failure to thrive scenario. This baby needs a
thorough work up immediately and if the parents cannot get action from their
pediatrician they need a second opinion stat. Baby feeds poorly, has poor wt.
gain, is vomiting and is not meeting milestones. The last baby I worked with like
this had a rare metabolic disorder. But whatever the cause of the failure to
thrive, somebody needs to get to the bottom of it soon.

Kathy Boggs, RN, IBCLC


Now the situation is a lot worse. The baby is vomiting after each feed
(formula or solids) and has been doing this for *3 weeks* now. She started that in
December when they went to Florida to visit family with mom and dad.

She does have about one dirty diaper everyday but mother said that she
doesn't see that she is urinating much. (no heavy diapers) What I see is a sad baby,
who looks at you directly in the eyes like she's hypnosed. Obviously if she
doesn't eat anything, she doesn't have energy to spare doing what a typical 9
month old would be doing

             ***********************************************

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