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Old 09-06-2014, 03:35 PM
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he's what i used to call a "peanut".
i remember that we encouraged our parents to hold their tiny (5#isn't all that tiny) babies skin to skin on their chests.

it's called kangaroo care. it's been shown that holding that way for an hr or 2 a day can help the baby gain weight. just a thought.
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