Jen, you need to get in touch with Paula Meier at Rush in Chicago. She knows nifty ways to get more hindmilk into baby. One way would be for mom to begin pumping and then put baby to breast after letdown, when we know hind milk is being pushed out. Dr Jack's breast massage technique would bring down fattier milk. Letting pumped milk sit for a bit and then draw off top portion to put meds, plus any extra milk he needs for bottle feeding. Freeze what is left and save it for later to mix cereal when he starts solids. BTW: What is so magic about 8 pounds? Here in NJ they insist on increased calories to 10 pounds! I don't think it is based on real evidence. Pat in SNJ *********************************************** 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