In a message dated 5/15/2004 7:36:04 AM Pacific Standard Time,
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> Dear Friends:
>     There is nothing wrong with this baby. His brain is growing, he is
> developmentally on target.
>     What is there to fuss about? Because some number makes somebody unhappy?
>     warmly,
> Nikki Lee RN, MS, Mother of 2, IBCLC, CCE, CIMI
> Maternal-Child Adjunct Faculty Union Institute and University
> Film Reviews Editor, Journal of Human Lactation
>

I also wonder sometimes if the previous weight check was inaccurate. Our
first child was referred to an endocrinologist due to low gain in 2 month period.
However it turned out the numbers were wrong in her chart. The endocrinologist
laughed us out of the room. It was a nurse miscalculation that sent us there
in the first place.

On the other hand, I am with all of you who wrote about the focus on charts.
It drives me nuts that so many docs no longer look at the "whole baby" only
numbers. Heather

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