Low weight baby, breast feeding, formula and weaning early - whats the best solution?

[Wills]

Hi,

Unfortunately my dd2 is currently sitting on the 0.5 percentile and is very likely to have fallen off the chart within the next fortnight. Apart from a low weight in every other way she looks perfectly healthy and the health visiters are being reasonably relaxed about this (thank goodness). However given that she's now 3 and half months they think they are going to recommend that I wean early i.e. at 4 months. Since dd2 is also showing distinct signs of allergic rhinitus I was told by my gp to not wean for as long as possible and definitely not to introduce formula - to stick to soley breast feeding as long as possible. She's recently recinded this statement and now feels that I could possibly feed with ordinary formula just not soya.

All in all I've had an awful lot of messages. DD2 is a healthy looking baby just not very chubby. DD1 was similar although never fell off the scale. I'm starting to feel that my milk is not good enough.

What should I do - I'm tempted with weaning at four and half months but going very slowly. Would be grateful for other people's thoughts and experiences.

What is it and those bloody HV's !!!! They r so regimented in their views. I have really felt for u wills whilst reading this thread for the first time. So glad it is all good now.

I was driven mad in a similar way at one point they wanted to come to my home twice a week, (I was quite ill after the birth). I had severe ameamia/bilateral mastitis which they said hugely affected my breast milk, so I was told to mix feed by pead and then told to give up. She has only now started to put some wieght on but thriving and lovely although still on V low percentile , just like me as baby.