Dear Jo, >From the same mother,there were 2 babes on the 90th,1 on the 50th and 3 on the 10th.The paed., who saw the smaller ones said "well someone has to be on the 10th"Ann --- Jo Slamen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mmm, was talking to a friend last week whose > youngest is 3 weeks older than my youngest, and > she's on the 25th percentile for weight (5 mos of > age) and so the recommendation has been to > bottlefeed (breastfed up to this point). I totally > don't understand this - someone has to be on those > percentiles after all! She's still bigger than an > average 25 babies out of 100 for her age - it's not > like she's a minute thing! It really irks me that a > 5-month-old's weight at tthis age can be a reason to > say that breastfeeding is not a success - it's > rubbish. She is gaining weight, fairly slowly, but > gaining and she has been rolling over since she was > early 3-months old, and is developing otherwise > perfectly - she also has a hole in her heart, so I > can think of no reason why she should be put on the > bottle to make more work for her mother who will > have to sterilise etc. and has 2 under 2. The child > may have to have surgery as a result of her heart, > and I'm certain would be far better served > nutritionally and emotionally if she were breastfed. > > > My comments about my son's drift "down" the > percentiles is not any real concern over > breastfeeding - heck, he never got much under the > 50th percentile while he was breastfed, (he is now - > but is one of those shocking eaters!) and that's > with 2 parents who are lighter than average adults. > > There's my rant for now...sorry. > > Jo > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Aviva Sheb'a > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2002 3:52 PM > Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] Menstruation > > > reminds me of when Rosie was measured at 12 > months. > "Oooh, she's in the lower tenth percentile", came > the accusing remark. > "Yes", I replied, straight-faced, "it runs in the > family". > "What does?" (she was so caring). > "SHORTNESS!" I replied. > > Aviva >
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