The nurse has completed a community education session on growth patterns of infants. Which statement by a participant indicates that additional teaching is needed?
1. "Newborns should regain their birth weight by 1 week of age."
2. "Breast reduction surgery can lead to not making enough milk for the baby."
3. "Most babies will stay at about the same percentile of growth as at birth."
4. "Babies fed on demand grow faster than babies fed on a schedule."
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Rationale:
1. Newborns should regain their birth weight by 10 days to 2 weeks, not by 1 week of age.
2. Breast reduction surgical techniques vary, but most women who have had this procedure do not produce enough milk to support their infant's growth, and must supplement.
3. Providers expect babies to progress in growth within about 20% of the same growth percentile as they plotted at birth. Excessive growth can indicate development of obesity, and lack of growth can indicate malabsorption or other problems.
4. This statement is true.
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