Hello,
My almost 9wo is ebf and doing ok, but is gaining slower than I would like. She was born at 9lbs 1oz and is now 11lbs - some weeks she's made good progress but has only put on 8oz or so in the last 3 weeks. She has dropped from 75th centile to between 25th and 50th. Is that sort of gain a concern?
She only feeds about 6-8 times a day, but will feed for able hour at a time so I'm struggling to fit more in what with making sure she naps and also doing nursery runs etc with my toddler. She also is close to sleeping through the night - sleeps midnight to 6 ish. I haven't tried to get her sleeping through, she just did it on her own.
So, I'm not sure what to do. Should i just try and feed her more? Or should i try and cut down the length of the feed to make more frequent feeding more practical? I'm fairly sure she's comfort sucking for quite a bit of that hour, which is fine to an extent, but i have another child and can't just sit on sofa all day, unfortunately!
And what about night feeds? Should i be waking her??