Dear Ladies, I have worked with a grand total of three Down's Syndrome babies. One gained really fast but was bottle feed her mama's milk. The other two got pumped milk in the beginning but were primarily at the breast after 6 weeks or so. Even though they had access to more calories by bottle if they wanted them, they gained super, super slow. 2 oz per week or so, sometimes as many as 4 oz. They both seemed healthy and vigorous, looked chubby, the drs were concerned but not alarmed. Both mothers said to me that being over weight is a life long challenge for Down's Syndrome children so having slow weight gain was fine with them. There is a special weight gain chart for Down's Syndrome babies but I found that even with that these babies were gaining slowly. Having better lung capisity, higher IQ, better oral, tongue, jaw, facial muscular development were also important factors for these mothers to make sure breastfeeding work. Both these babies nursed for over 1 year. Just my clinical experience. Thank you, Barbara Robertson, MA, IBCLC, RLC The Breastfeeding Center of Ann Arbor *********************************************** 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