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Development and Nutrition
Consultation note — infant aged 96 hours
History: term infant (39 weeks), spontaneous vaginal birth; the mother received no IV fluids in labour. Birth weight 3,500 g. Discharged at 48 hours weighing 3,290 g. Exclusively breastfed; no supplements.
Today: weight 3,185 g on the same calibrated scale. The infant is sleepy, wakes for feeds only when unwrapped, and often falls asleep at the breast within 10 minutes.
Mother: "My breasts have felt fuller since last night, but he sleeps so well that I hate to wake him." Nipples are intact.
Parent's log, last 24 hours (day 3 to day 4)
Time
Feed (minutes)
Wet diaper
Stool
00:30
12
Yes
—
05:00
10
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Small, dark green-brown
09:30
15
Yes
—
13:00
8
—
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17:30
10
Yes
—
21:00
14
—
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23:30
9
—
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Totals: 7 feeds, 3 wet diapers, 1 stool.
Using the consultation note, what is the infant's weight loss today as a percentage of birth weight?