I am BFing but at 5 weeks baby is not putting on weigh fast enough according to paed, who has asked me to top up. This I am doing with expressed milk, which I am able to do because there is plenty left between feeds because she basically falls asleep after a few minutes - which is what seems to be causing the weigh gain issue.
Does anyone have experience of this - will I be able to go back to BFing solely perhaps when she is bigger/stronger and it's not such an effort for her?
But also, when I have topped up I have found her a completely different baby. She is alert and we have spent some time together with her awake. While I realise she is constantly developing and this could be coincidence, it's different when I try to solely BF as it's then a constant round of feed, sleep, feed, sleep as she is just falling asleep on me. So actually I wonder whether expressing and giving a bottle is better for her, i.e. her weight and perhaps even for her development?
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kissitbetter · 10/04/2013 00:52
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