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Date: | Sat, 9 May 1998 21:42:51 -0500 |
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Anne,
IS the baby hypoglycemic? Has the baby's blood sugar been tested, or is
this just a theory to explain a chubby baby? Some fully breastfed babies
who are allowed to regulate their feeds - including their solids - do
become very heavy and rolly-polly. Once they start becoming mobile
(crawling and walking), they gain in height, but hold steady on their
weight. They become very healthy and solid toddlers.
I don't believe I've ever come across an outer limit of weight on a
breastfed child, at which point we would say the baby had gained too
much.
Again, is the hypoglycemia documented? I think the MD is grasping at
straws.
Jeanne Mitchell
Austin, TX
"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle."
Plato
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