> I 'know' about growth spurts becasue I was told about them during my > training and have read about them in various books snip > My question: how do we know that this increase in frequency of > breastfeeding results in increase in growth??? I don't know that, but in Dutch we name this phenomen "adjustment days", not suggesting *extra* growth, but referring to the increasing volume the baby needs to meet his nutritional requirements. We may also refer to adjusting the lowered milkyield following for example maternal illness. Gonneke van Veldhuizen, IBCLC, living in Maaseik, Belgium http://www.users.skynet.be/eurolac [log in to unmask] *********************************************** 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