Chicken Pox:  I had it as a child but never again thru several exposures.  My
kids were exposed at an LLL picnic.  One mom who did home daycare brought a
preschooler whose sores, evidently, were not quite dry.  My 3 yr old (still
tandem nursing) got it first as he was the one playing most with the 'carrier'
child.  ~10 days later, my fully BFd 6 wk old, got it.  He had no contact with
any of the preschoolers at the picnic, just his brother at home.  ~10 days
later, my 6 yr old daughter got it.  She had nursed 4 mos (with standard poor
information).  If memory serves (this was 20 years ago) the 3 yr old had the
worst case, but the 6 yr old was out of school for approx a week.
BFd Baby Wt Gain:  My older boy weighed 8 lb 13 oz at birth.  He nursed like he
thought he was never going to be fed again.  He got red in the face & worked up
a sweat.  Definite over feeding, but he fought hard against being detatched &
spit out pacifier.  I went from a pre-preg AA to a very tight D during those
first months.  He weighed 26 lbs at 6 mos on HM alone.  As an adult, he has no
over-eating  problems or excess fat at 5'11": 16T shirt, 32" waist, athletic (&
smart, even if I do say so myself.  :-)  )
Phyllis Adamson, LLLL, BA, IBCLC
Phoenix, AZ
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