16 week old DS had his appointment at the hospital today (very good, answered a lot, prescribed nutramigen). He's shot up in length (96th centile) and his weight is now steadily bumping on just about the 9th centile, hasn't crossed a centile for weight for a while. His weight gain is a bit slow, his intake is a little off, but much better. The dietician/ pead talked about adding extra powder to his feeds to bring him up to the correct amount of calories/ a little more to put his weight back to the original centile. I'm open-minded but this advice just seemed odd. What are others feelings? Is rapid weight gain good? Could it overload his gut? Is it common advice? Basically they calculate his needs, his intake, then adjust the water/ formula mix so he gets more calories in less milk. He is happy, very alert and developing well. People are surprised when I tell them about height/ weight as he doesn't look skinny, lean, but not bony or outside the range of what you'd expect a baby of his age to look like.
I'm open-minded as I said, I just wondered if anyone has experience of this.
BTW as a side note, they reckon he has soya and milk allergies, milk severe, soya pretty mild.