Dear all,

This is under the "it takes all kinds" category.

Mom came to me concerned about her baby's weight.  Punkin born 1-27, bw 7-2;
at 2 weeks, 7-1; On 3/3 (at 5 weeks), weight 7-12 (11 ounces in 3 weeks which
is on the low end of things....)  Doc says "I'm not worried about this. Too
early to tell if there is low weight gain.  I'll see him at his two month
check up and we'll look at things then."  Mom worried -- baby fussy alot;
concerned that baby not latched on properly.  Came to see me on 3/8 -- weight
7-11.  (Down 1 ounce in 5 days).  Took about 1.2 ounces from mom -- not
exactly enough for a 6 week old child.  So we put her on the SNS; baby doing
great, mom much relieved and is pumping to increase milk supply. Sent my
followup letter to peds -- his comment when she took him in for a recheck on
weight on 3/12 (8#5) was that he got my letter, and he really hadn't been
worried -- thought we might have jumped the gun.  Sigh.  Baby has already
decreased amount he is taking in SNS, though we aren't going to deliberately
decrease anything until he is up to what I consider appropriate weight for
his age which would be about 9#.

Why wait until everything has gone downhill?  Don't these docs recognize a
downward spiral?

Sigh.

Jan