>She said that she felt she had gotten "over the hump" because the baby was
>feeding well and having many wet and dirty diapers per day, until she went
to
>the pedi and baby had gained only 3 or 4 ounces in 2 weeks.  Overall weight
>gain from birth weight was 2 lbs at 8 weeks.  Baby was 6-8 at
>birth and 8-9 at 8 week appt.

It could be that she's seeing "smile growth":  The baby is born at a certain
weight, loses weight, then starts to gain.  Graphed, it looks like a smile.
Using just one point on the left side of the graph and one point on the
right side, it may look as if the baby has gained very little, or has even
lost, when in fact he's begun gaining like gangbusters from a low point that
was never documented.  Maybe she just needs another point on the graph, to
give her a clear sense of how that right-hand side of the smile is doing.

--
Diane Wiessinger, MS, IBCLC  Ithaca, NY
www.wiessinger.baka.com

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