I went to the local clinic to have my DS weighed today. He's 19 weeks and weighed 16lb 10.5oz. Since his last weigh in five weeks ago when he was 15lb 12oz he has gone from just above the 75th centile to just below it.
Today I was told to go back in two weeks and if he is not tracking his current centile I should give him formula top ups or introduce some solids. I said I was not happy about doing this and that he is a happy, big, energetic baby and didn't think this was necessary. She said let's check him in two weeks!
Despite my best efforts to talk myself around she has made me feel shitty. I was asked if I'm eating enough and whether I'm doing too much exercise. I'm not doing any exercise other than walking and I eat between 2000 and 2500 calories a day (depending on how hungry I am). I feed on demand every 2 to 3 hours and at night go no longer than 5 hours between feeds. DS feeds for 30 minutes on one breast before I offer the other. Once a day DS may have a 20 minute snack but the rest of the time feeds last between 30 and 40 minutes. He normally does between 1 and 3 dirty nappies per day and plenty of wet ones too.
Am I doing anything wrong? I love BF'ing and don't want to offer solids until 6 months. Obviously if my baby's health is at risk I will do whatever is necessary but I'm not happy that the HV is giving me the correct advice.
Please or to access all these features
Please
or
to access all these features
Get advice and support with infant feeding from other users here.
Infant feeding
Unhappy with advice from health visitor
31 replies
CanISayOfHerFace · 30/06/2014 13:21
OP posts:
Don’t want to miss threads like this?
Weekly
Sign up to our weekly round up and get all the best threads sent straight to your inbox!
Log in to update your newsletter preferences.
You've subscribed!
Please create an account
To comment on this thread you need to create a Mumsnet account.