can some one tell me if this is ok?

[OnlyWantsOne]

DD 7.12 at birth

dropped to 7.2 at day 10

was 7.14 at three weeks

now 8.6 at 5 weeks

is this acceptable gain?

Im exclusively BF, she feeds on and off all day and night, we co sleep and i know she's feeding a lot at night, cluster feeds, im just concerned about her still only being 8.6 at 5 weeks

shes happy, alert, content between feeds (she just slept for 4 hours while I did house work quite happily) wet nappies, poos randomly, every few days

Has she always been pooing every few days? That's the only thing in your OP that worries me a bit. I'd expect babies to poo a couple times a day, up to four weeks at least, and more commonly six weeks.

Is she changing and growing?

Oh, and how are your nipples feeling? Do feeds hurt? Are your nipples sore/damaged at all?

nipples are fine, using sheilds, which is another thing i suppose,

shes never poo'd daily, aprt from when newborn when was meconuim

Ah ... shields aren't great for supply/efficient feeding. Why are you using shields?

Oh, should have asked, too - does she have a bit of fat on her? Is she a long and lean 8.6? Or is she short? Are you and your DH/DP small people?

Looks like a baby who was on the 25th centile at 2 weeks and is on the 25th centile at 5 weeks, unless I am converting wrong!

That's text book.

4 hours is a long sleep - but once in 24 hours is within normal.

By now, some babies are only pooing every few days (I don't think it's that unusual, NQC).

Why are you concerned, OP?

X-posts....shields are a nuisance. If they fit well and the baby is latched on with them (by no means always the case) then they don't have to interfere with supply.

Sure - but she says the baby has always pooed every few days, which implies she's not maybe been getting that much?

Fair point re: the shields, they are thinner these days, so the old stuff re: supply isn't reliable.

Yes, the poos are unusual but honestly, beyond the first week to 10 days, they're not a good guide at all.

I would only worry about a young baby who was not pooing; beyond 10-14 days, if the baby seems fine and is growing (as this baby was - look at the 12 oz weight gain between day 10 and day 21), lack of poo means nothing, really.

Im worried because 2 of my friends recently had babies, and aare much bigger etc,

wearing the sheilds because i couldnt latch her on properly, at birth and couldnt get my MW to help me for longer than 5 minutes and now DD wont feed without them - tried this morning at the BF clinic and have been told to offer her breast without them but she gets so upset

just to add about the pooing, ds has never been a regular pooer and didn't poo between day 5 (poos had changed colour by then) and day 8 or 9. we called the midwife, the labour ward, even nhs direct i think - and they all said not to worry.

Onlywantsone - but your baby is text book weight. I am not in favour of fetishising the charts at all, but a baby on the 25th centile remaining on the 25th is not an issue in anyone's book!

Yes - you will see bigger babies. 74 per cent of babies are bigger than yours. 24 per cent of them are smaller. Nothing to be concerned about, wouldn't you say? :)

god you would think as this is my 2nd baby i would be more chilled out about feeding but im worse!!

tiktok thank you

... i think i just compounded it by sorting out baby clothes and looking at the weights and ages on the labels :(

shes curently feeding in the moby and very happy :)

My DD was an infrequent poo-er from very early on - 3 weeks or so. She's on the 80th centile now so I guess there must be babies who just go less often earlier on.