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@youthpastor500 I think weighted feeds aren’t a very reliable measure, especially if you don’t have a medical-grade scale. At this point, there’s a big difference for a baby at risk for failure to thrive drinking 2 oz vs 1.5.

@kars I would follow doctors orders and start pumping more. This may only be temporary until your baby gains enough weight and your supply is more regulated.

@jaenalyn Random assignment is great but you need to check dropout— with such a small intervention retention I would imagine that perhaps the only women who were predominantly or exclusively breastfeeding by 6 months may have been similar (I.e., mostly SAHM from upper middle class families). I...

@gizmorazaar Check something called the Flynn effect of IQ, typically IQ scores increase over generations but the distribution of scores tends to remain the same. It’s a little unrealistic to think that breastfeeding is going to reduce rates of intellectual disability in our population. It also...

@gizmorazaar 3-5 standardized pts in an IQ test (for most tests like the WAIS which was used in that study) MAY move you into a new bracket (from average to above average), but I wouldn’t say that this study shows causation since it didn’t look like this analysis controlled for wealth, parent...