Another lurker makes herself known... I am a LLL leader from Northern Vermont, and have really enjoyed,and made use of lots of information from this listserve over the last few months. I am working with a mom who is having a very hard time keeping on enough weight to stay healthy. She deleted dairy from her diet because of chronic fussiness of her newborn, and did find that it helped her baby immensely. Her own weight dropped precipitously soon after, however, and her GP is very concerned. Mom is not over -exercising, or dieting. She actually says that she is eating a lot! Her stress level is reportedly (and seemingly) fine, and doc can not detect any other physical problem. So, part one of the question is "does anyone have any ideas for ways this mom can keep some weight on?" Part two of the question... Mom has begun to eat lots of peanut butter in this attempt to keep her weight up, but was told that this could sensitize her baby to a peanut allergy. (something we are seeing a lot of up here right now. Other places too?) Does anyone have any info on this? Michele Feiner, LLLL Colchester, VT ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html