Hi
I am posting for my friend.
Her ds2 is just over 1 week old (maybe 11 days, I'm not exactly sure) and he has lost 1 lb 20z since he was born.
His mother is rightly very worried and upset and is looking for advice.
She has been told by her MW to top up with 1oz of formula after every bf.
Also she's been told to eat a lot more high fat/rich foods in her diet. Eat every 2 hours. MW said her milk is like semi skimmed as apposed to full fat. :(
MW said that her ds2 cannot lose any more body fat and that he MUST put on weight by friday.
She said that he doesn't have enough energy to suck strongly enough to make my friend produce 'better' milk.
Advice please. This is going to be forwarded to her.
Thank you :)