Dear Friends:
    Whenever a mom brings her baby for a weight check  at a birth center 
where I work, or when I see a new mom in hospital, I record  the weight on a 
growth chart based on breastfed babies that I purchased from  Health Education 
Associates. That way, she has a record and she can bring it to  her pediatrician 
at the next visit and perhaps educate from the inside  out.
    Growth charts still need to be used sensibly. Some  babies have to be at 
the 2 percentile just as some have to be at the 98th!
    warmly,
 
Nikki Lee RN, MS, Mother of 2, IBCLC, CCE
Maternal-Child Adjunct  Faculty Union Institute and University
Film Reviews Editor, Journal of Human  Lactation
www.breastfeedingalwaysbest.com

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