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><Does anyone know where I can get a growth chart for breastfeeding babies? All
>the ones our nursery has seen refer to the bottlefeeding baby.>
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>The one I use is from a WHO Nutrition Unit publication (1994) *An
evaluation of Infant growth*
>The Working Group on infant growth prepared the material for a meeting
Physical status: the use and interpretation of anthropometry.
At the risk of sounding like a BROKEN RECORD -- the 1994 charts from "An
Evaluation of Infant Growth" are clearly labelled as NOT BEING APPROPRIATE
for the evaluation of breastfed babies growth. They are based on a little
tiny sample and are for preliminary RESEARCH PURPOSES ONLY
Katherine A. Dettwyler, Ph.D.