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Rapid weight gain, ebf baby

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Firsttimemam123 · 09/03/2023 11:20

My baby is exclusively breastfed, she was small for gestational age and was an induction for that at 38weeks, 5lb 15 Oz/2.7kg at birth. She was back to birthweight by day 8 and by her 2 week check at 17 days old she was 1lb over her birth weight.
I weighed her on my scales at home yesterday by weighing myself first and then the two of I
Us and she's put up the guts of another half pound in 3 days??
I breastfeed her on demand which ends up being about every 3-4hours and she has plenty of wet and dirty nappies. I always believed you can't overfeed a breastfed baby but is this rapid weight gain ok? Maybe she is just catching up on herself because of low birthweight and will even out?

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PritiPatelsMaker · 09/03/2023 15:36

Sounds like a catch up to me as well. I definitely would t give it any headroom just yet. Sounds like you are both doing brilliantly Flowers

skkyelark · 10/03/2023 09:39

Weight gain is surprisingly rapid in the first few weeks, and yes, I'd agree that is sounds like she's doing a bit of catch up as well. I agree with @PritiPatelsMaker, absolutely no need to worry about it at this point, just enjoy your lovely baby!

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