> I 'know' about growth spurts becasue I was told about them during my
> training and have read about them in various books
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> 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
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