Elisheva - I have to appologize that I only snipped the info on the zinc (so I'd get the right dosage). The date I printed it out is Jan. 15, 2000 and the name listed is Patricia Gima (I don't even know if she wrote the post or was responding to someone else's question), as it is just a snipit that I used for info's sake. I realized in reading the snipit you posted, I hadn't edited it very well, my daughter was 11 when we started the zinc supplements (she was about 20 lbs below height with her weight) and she just used the recommended dosage - it took several weeks for her appetite to improve and almost a year before her weight took off. And who knows if might not have been the zinc, but now although still small, she is not off the charts any more. Just my personal story from someone who's had three children's slow weight gain (#2 was just in the first six weeks) all blamed on breastfeeding. Leslie Ward Fort Hood, TX *********************************************** 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