Could the mother have an issue with foremilk/hindmilk imbalance and/or oversupply? I had this problem with my son...he gained at least a pound a week in the early weeks, He was also excessively fussy after a feeding and always seemed hungry. Good breastfeeding management helped (limiting feeds and comfort nursing to one side for a period of a few hours). I checked the LLL website, and it mentioned some babies deailing with oversupply not gaining well, but we had the opposite problem! Hopefully, the wise ones on this list will be able to clarify.
   
  Kellie Whitney, LLLL
  California 
  Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 15:33:45 +1300
From: Lee & Karen Palmer 
Subject: a weird question

I have a weird question. I always thought a breastfed baby could not be =
overfed. I am caring for a 1 month old exclusively breastfed baby who =
was at birth weight at week one, put on 800 gms in week 2, and 400 gms =
each week since. He was born 4200gms and is now 5700 gms. His parents =
are very slim, so this is not a genetic predisposition. He looks really =
stuffed after a feed!=20

And before anyone asks, no it is not odema from heart failure (he has =
been well checked).

Does anyone have any comments?

karen Palmer
Midwife and IBCLC
New Zealand


		
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