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A young woman comes into your office for a lactation consultation complaining that her 1-month-old baby is colicky and slow to gain weight.Her baby requires 6 to 7 diaper changes each day and suffers from diarrhea.She tells you she allows the baby to nurse equally on each breast so that she does not feel "overfull";she is desperate for help and asks your advice on what to do.A 24-hour diet history provides the following information about her eating habits.
Breakfast: cereal,milk,banana,and walnut pieces;sometimes she has eggs
Lunch: peanut butter sandwich,salad,and grapes with a glass of milk
Dinner: fish or chicken,vegetables,potato or rice,applesauce,and milk
Snacks: change daily,but she likes trail mix because it is easy to eat when nursing
-What would the best advice be for this woman?
A) Allow your baby to nurse on one breast only until it is completely empty.
B) Allow us to evaluate you while you are nursing your baby and see what you are doing.
C) Stop nursing immediately and use an infant formula so your baby starts growing.
D) Use supplemental infant formula after each feeding because the baby is obviously not getting enough to eat.
E) a and b only
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