I had a baby boy 10 days ago, he was 4.47kg. when the midwife checked him on day 5 he was 3.99kg - 10.7% weight loss, so the midwife has been coming every other day to weigh him. He put on some weight, but now he has lost a bit again. He is now 4.13kg. He is also jaundiced and had tongue tie - fixed now.
Can anyone advise me on what I can do to help him as best I can? I do not want to have to bottle feed, but the midwife keeps on suggesting that this will be my only option if he doesn't put on weight.
If absolutely necessary I will, but I don't want to. The last thing I want is for my baby to be ill.
Just to add, I can express, but as feeding is still being established I don't want to confuse him and make the feeding harder.
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10 day old not gaining enough weight
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niceandsimple · 22/12/2020 13:45
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