Hi!
My daughter is 7 weeks old and around 3 weeks ago was the perfect feeder, piling on the weight of around 14oz a week. Suddenly one feed a day would result in her screaming and sweating etc. We were told that basically she's eaten enough that's why she's doing it by the health visitor.
This then escalated to two feeds a day etc till every feed she does this & now she hardly eats. Her weight gain over the past 3 weeks has dropped off dramatically to around 3/4oz a week. We have been to out of hours 3 times, seen the health visitor 4 times & breastfeeding support have been out 3 times.
She’s had suspected colic, reflux, cows milk protein allergy & tongue tie. All have been shown to not exist as it’s been escalated higher up the chain of command if you like.
She has a lip tie but apparently this won’t affect breastfeeding & she takes omeprazole as a precaution if it is reflux as advised. Also the wife has gone dairy free but this has made no difference at all.
Breastfeeding support said she must be an effective feeder but she's not draining & unsatisfied so still hungry but won't eat.
We were told that it’s a developmental stage by a doctor then told to start worrying as she’s dropping percentiles by another.
We’ve tried her with a bottle with breast milk / formula and she does exactly the same with the milk running down the side of her face screaming. So far medically there doesn't seem to be anything wrong with her when they check oxygen levels, dehydration etc.
We don’t know what to do as we don’t obviously want it to get to the point she’s losing weight but seem to have exhausted all options.
Has this happened to anyone before?
Also this is my second child 👍🏻
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7 week old only feeds 5/6 times a day for 5 minutes. PLEASE HELP!
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Glentul · 14/11/2019 16:22
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