I haven't had chance to get DS weighed since I started thinking he looked/felt a bit thinner this week, as I've got the flu, but it really feels to me like he's lost some weight in the last few days which has panicked me somewhat! I noticed his cloth nappies were a lot easier to fasten and could do up tighter than before.
then it struck me that because I have flu and am not eating much myself, could that be affecting the quality of my breastmilk? Since Saturday I've only eaten about 1/4 of what I normally do. He's on 3 milk feeds a day and 3 solid meals.
When I last had him weighed 3 weeks ago he was following his centile curve as normal..obviously I'll get him checked as soon as I can but wondered whether babies do ever lose a bit of weight at this stage? Should I try re-offering a milk feed? Or can I do anything to boost my supply/quality of milk? He dropped the mid-morning feed at about 8 months and would drop the afternoon one if I didn't offer it, but I figure he still needs that for a while.