I have a baby, born full-term, spontaneous vaginal delivery, 8 lbs 13 oz, left hospital feeding well. Mom is 36, 3rd baby, last baby born 10 years ago and breastfed for only 6 weeks. Due to schedule around holidays, baby was not seen until 2 weeks of age, and was 9 lbs 7 oz then, looking plump and happy, nursing well, mom content. Baby then had the misfortune to get the chicken pox from her older brother. Baby did well according to mom, did not seem very ill, nursed frequently and recovered quickly. When she came for her 1 month checkup at 5 weeks of age, though, she was only 9 lbs 8 oz. She was wetting appropriately, stooling 4-5 times a day, bright and active, so I chalked up the poor gain (1 oz in 3 weeks?) to being ill, or perhaps the first weight was not accurate. Went over frequent feeds and how to distinguish nutritive sucking with mom, encouraged her to bring baby into her bed at night (she's very busy during the day) and scheduled her for a re-weigh. Baby returned today, 2 weeks later and was 9 lbs 15 oz (7 oz gain in 14 days.) I'm willing to accept that weight gain, but am still wondering why it has taken her so long to start gaining. She's now gained just 8 oz in 5 weeks! Baby, though, is smiling, batting at objects, and still appears plump with nice little fat rolls on her thighs. Mom describes feeding appropriately, and baby still wets well and stools 3-4 times a day (stool observed in the office to be yellow and seedy.) Is it just the illness that caused her not to grow for 3 weeks? Also, some time ago I posted about my mom who's 46 who's baby was slow to gain. This mom is now back to work full-time as a high school teacher and pumping at work and nursing at home. Baby gets occ. formula supplement as well. Her weight gain has been more than adequate and mom is having good success pumping at school. (She relayed her pumping questions in the first 2 weeks to me through my 15 year old son who was her student last year. He's probably the only 15 year old in that high school who wouldn't faint at discussing breastpumps with his teacher!) So after a slow start, this couple is doing great at last! Jennifer Tieman Family Physician Mom to 4, including nursling Caroline Rose born 5/31/03 *********************************************** 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(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html