Hi Jaye,
(Dewey, 1993) shows typical weight gain for a breastfed infant as 0.7-1.43
ounces per day in the first month of life.
Nancy Mallin, MA, IBCLC, LLLL
Kensington, Maryland, USA
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From: "Jaye Simpson, IBCLC" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Mon, May 2, 2011 5:00:56 PM
Subject: Cross post - need some references
On where the 5-7 ounces per week weight gain came from for newborns. I have
a grandma (with medical background) questioning this. I need something that
can be researched and investigated.joy. As much as I hate to have to
provide these types of references, grandma is giving mom some grief because
"he gained 3 ounces in 9 days, why isn't that OK? He gained weight. Isn't
that good enough?" Baby is a 36 wk-er currently 18 days old. Has suck
issues and mom has PCOS and lots of issues with milk supply. Baby has not
been gaining well at all.is still several ounces below birthweight. Mom is
now supplementing and weight gain is coming up - but grandma is arguing with
mom about force feeding the baby (which really needed to be done in this
case) in order to just get him to eat something because he was content to
sleep himself to death.
Not that I really have time to do all this research right now, because I
really don't, but if anyone has links to studies, etc that will help, then,
when my time eases up (next week I hope!) I will put together an info page
on my website. :-)
Thank you in advance!
Warmly,
Jaye
Jaye Simpson, IBCLC, CIIM
Breastfeeding Network
Sacramento, CA
www.breastfeedingnetwork.net
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