Hi I've just come back from the HV ( I know but so far they have been excellent) I am in tears.
DD is ebf and just turned 5mo, she was 7lb 6oz at birth 25th percentile she is now 20lb 1oz and between the 98th and 99th percentile.
I only stayed to ask how you tell the difference between teething and weaning signs, as i think she possibly is ready for weaning but wanted to do BLW as sitting up etc but seems early still.
I have been told to drop a feed and swap with water as she is clearly overweight and in the danger zone. If I keep on feeding her she will be off the charts and did a look to suggest action would be taken.
I said I had been told many times you cannot overfeed a breastfed baby, including by her colleagues when I have visited before- (in fact last time they congratulated me on doing so well and that it was rare to find EBF babies in the area.)
She said this was not true and some babies can be. She said the chart clearly shows that she is heading off the scale, that I should not wean her until at least 6 months because she will be obese.
I said perhaps I ought to take her to the Dr's she said it wasn't a medical matter. There was a trainee dr(I think) with her who was a bit flustered when asked her advice saying the HV knew more about feeding but pretty much backed her up.
I left, was in a daze came home and cried my eyes out.
So from all the posts that I have lurked on here, I think I am right but I feel so undermined and tbh I've worried about the weight thing from the beginning as she still nurses every 2 hours except at night.
Am I overfeeding her? Is she obese? Why am i listening to one HV when 4 others said the opposite?
So sorry for the long post.