Hello all, Does anyone know the average weight/amount of a normal newborn's (2 wks old)wet/soiled diaper (minus the diaper)? I have a mom who's baby was weighed at his 2 wk check, and had "lost" 4 oz. (BW: 8'8; DSCHRG: 8'1; 1 wk: 8'8) So Dr. had mom pump to "check her milk supply." When mom yeilded 2 ounces, Ped said, (not exact quote here, but pretty close): "You should be able to get atleast 3 oz, so atleast now we know it's a low milk supply issue." He then said to suppl. after every breastfeeding. I told her about the problem w/ different scales, and I told her about the pump not being a trustworthy assessment of the milk supply. I also mentioned that the 4 oz weight loss (if it was even a factual loss and the scale was not misleading) that it *could* have been due to loaded bowels before being weighed the last time, and just emptied bowls before the 2nd weighing. What I want to know, it how many oz is generally excreted? This Ped has this mom very stressed out--wondering if most professionals consider different scales and difference in fullness of bowels/kidneys before determining wieght lost in just one vist? Wondering also why Dr. did not factor in that baby is having great output (6-8 quite wet, and atleast 2 BM's per day). Sleepy baby, but she is waking him every 2 hours until he is weighed again on Monday. Thank you, Megan _________________________________________________________________ Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [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