hi, my baby daughter is 18 days old. Yesterday we had our first health visitor appt. She weighed Bethany and said that she now was 9lb 4oz, last week she was 8lb 7oz! As I was feeding Bethany the health visitor commented that I had an awful lot of milk and Bethany was being a bit lazy with her latching on. She said that as my let down was so good baby was just "nippling" and still getting what she needed (hence weight gain) So I need to work on getting her to latch on so I don't encourage bad habits.
Also the hv picked up on the fact that bethany was spitting up a lot of milk, wincing and making funny noises - she said that she thinks bethany has reflux. This explains alot as she never likes to lie flat and I struggle to put her down in her moses basket. Do you think it's normal to have that sort of weight gain in one week? She is feeding a lot, without much gap inbetween but i do have the milk to give her - do you think i should express some to store?
Do you think something can be done about the reflux even though she is gaining weight not losing? She looks so uncomfortable after a feed, It's a wonder she's so keen.
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yoshimigalloway · 06/10/2011 10:01
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