Just a quick question.... Heard a new one from a mother the other day. She had a baby who was not back up to birth weight by 1 week and her pediatrician asked her to stop taking laxatives as that could be a cause of poor absorption of nutrients if the baby was stooling too much. Of course she did exactly that and the baby seemed to gain weight well after that, so she's quite sure it made all the difference for her situation. What do you all think about the possibilty of this? I'm thinking of course that the weight was due to normal milk maturation. I searched the archives...with nothing noted. Mom did say that after she ceased taking the laxatives, that the baby's stools did slow down.....hmmmmmm. sorry that I did not gather more specific info......I think she was just taking a normal amount not anything excessive. LuAnn Smith York, PA ( where it has been below freezing FOREVER!) _________________________________________________________________ STOP MORE 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