Andrea Tran wrote:
>Wondering if anyone has worked with a baby that was diagnosed with 
>failure to gain due to a malabsorption problem? I saw a 3 week old 
>today who appears to be transferring an adequate amount of milk for 
>weight gain, and according to mom eats 10-12 times per day and 
>stools 4-5 times but is still below birth weight and is staying at 
>the same weight.

This can happen if there are food allergy/intolerance problems, where 
the gut doesn't absorb the nutrients properly, presumably due to 
inflammation. The milk almost seems to 'go in one end and out the 
other'.

I had oversupply with my first baby and he was not quite back to 
birth weight by 3 weeks. He had *lots* of output, lactose overload, 
just not weight gain. He was also *very* unsettled and having lots of 
feeds per day. I found out much later that he had food intolerance, 
which was what had caused his horrendous colic. He is the reason I 
have a passionate interest in this topic today!

I later had contact with a mum with a baby who had been hospitalised 
for FTT. The hospital staff had immediately comped the baby with 
formula, assuming it was simply underfed, and made the baby *worse*. 
Baby had a cows' milk allergy.

Joy
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Joy Anderson B.Sc.(Zoology) Dip.Ed. Grad.Dip.Med.Tech. B.Sc.(Nutrition) IBCLC
Australian Breastfeeding Association counsellor
Perth, Western Australia.   mailto:[log in to unmask]
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