So my newborn was a big baby born 9lbs 6, she's 2 weeks old and is still 9lbs. She lost 9% of her birth weight and is gaining but I'm concerned as I read that the vast majority of babies are back to their birth weight at 2 weeks. The midwife isn't concerned as she is gaining although it's slow and is coming back to weigh her at 3 weeks. I'm doing combination feeding and never let her go over 3 hours between feeds and then when she cries before then I always feed her so on average she is feeding every 2-3 hours. She feeds for at least 45 mins on breast and then I top up with formula.
Has anyone else experienced their baby not being back to their birth weight by 2 weeks or is this really unusual? I did read somewhere that some babies who are big born aren't genetically designed to be that big and they may be getting back to the weight that they're designed to be, any advice would be great
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Newborn not back to birth weight 2 weeks
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meeeeh · 07/10/2020 13:05
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