The John Hopkins home page recommends: C. Added Salt Typically, normal infant food is low in salt (about 10-12 mEq of sodium). Infants with salt-losing CAH may profit from added salt to their diet until they begin to eat table food which has a higher salt content. I put in 1/8 tsp of table salt per bottle of milk (5 bottles a day). And that was with my first son with CAH... and then wih my baby now I thought I would breast fed.. and it has been a nightmare trying to get enough salt into him. For one thing the ped endo did not know how to prescribe it and the drug store didn't want to order it. And it was not enough.. his sodium levels were low normal which the ped doctor thought was great but it wasn't!!! And the schedule of giving the supplemental salt solution!! Every 6 hours and the other meds every 8 hours... I was one med and then turn around and have to give another... it was exhaulting and again it was for nothing because the sodium may have appeared to be normal (128 or 130) but it was not high enough because it had an effect on his OH17 and plasma renin (which we had measured monthly) and his sodium sometimes twice a week (ped idea but since he was looking at the whole picture - it didn't do any good. Long story...but I know your pain!! I finally got the right prescription for the sodium (and a week on IV - to get him back up to some sort of normal plasam renin level - thank God the doctor did that.. and I called Dr. New office and got the ped endo straight). Bottom line - be aggressive with your treatment of CAH - if you are worried about the amounts given - call another doctor and get a second opionion. Every day the CAH is not managed is a day that may affect your child in the long run. Yes, it is a very gradual and hard to defect disease. And a baby can't say - I feel dizzy, or lightheaded. And too high plasma renin is danagerous. And the same with the OH17 levels. Some doctors that don't know what they are doing prescribe too much florinef (which is danagerous too).. and too much cortef (but make the child fat and short in the long run.. and fertility problems). Therefore,,,, trust your doctor.. yeah right...get a good doctor and get the blood work done correctly and timely. One a year or every 6 months is way too long for a child with CAH.. they are growing too fast. preston@kreative.net