Interesting about the '24 hour baby nurse' in this situation. In the UK there is a trend among wealthier women, in London only, from my experience, to employ a 'maternity nurse' who lives in with the family for the first few weeks. I think I can honestly say I have not come across any situation where this has been helpful to the bf (I am speaking of a skewed sample - the people who call for bf help - so maybe there are other families where the maternity nurse has been an angel. Maybe). Maternity nurses are nannies, sometimes minimally qualified if at all, who specialise in newborn care. My question now is whether US paeds and others use charts to assess growth rate of newborns? Because doing so is a useful way of getting away from the question of 'how much weight does a baby gain per week?'. The baby in cillakat's scenario was born on the 9th centile, and at 5 weeks was still on the 9th centile which is perfectly normal - 9 per cent of healthy babies are there! I don't understand why there is concern about this (though I agree bf after reduction does merit close attention to getting bf underway and maintained - close attention reveals this baby is healthy, and the weight gain is normal). Heather Welford Neil NCT bfc, tutor, UK *********************************************** Archives: http://community.lsoft.com/archives/LACTNET.html To reach list owners: [log in to unmask] Mail all list management commands to: [log in to unmask] COMMANDS: 1. To temporarily stop your subscription write in the body of an email: set lactnet nomail 2. To start it again: set lactnet mail 3. To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet 4. To get a comprehensive list of rules and directions: get lactnet welcome