was just wonderin what bf mums out there may think of the following situation.
sis's baby now 9 weeks old. born 6lb,lost a bit of weight,now weighs 7lb 11oz. the baby was born a little early at 36 weeks, very jaundiced at first but since bringing her home from hospital she has been solely breastfed.she's quite windy some nights and has had some 'feeding frenzies' lasting a few hours,but must add its not every evening. most of the time, she feeds well and is settled inbetween feeds.she's just starting to do the odd smile and have times when shes just awake and looking round . anyway,the hv seems a little concerned that she is not gaining enough weight. on average, she has gained 5-5.1/2 oz per week, but last week only gained 1.1/2 0z.now the hv wants sis to top up with a bottle, the baby is on the 9th centile on the chart and hv is getting twitchy.the hv has suggested she starts with one bottle per day, and that she replaces one bf entirely with formula.sis is not happy about it, but does not want to completely ignore hv advice.this is her 2nd child, her 1st was very much the same in her growth pattern and is now a very average 2.5yr old runing around and causing as much trouble as the rest of them! we would both be very interested to hear other peoples experiences and their thoughts on this one. ive told sis just to wait another week and see what her weight gain would be next week before deciding what to do,thats what id do personally but i don't know if its the right thing to advise her.