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Infant feeding

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little advice pretty please

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amelie · 10/09/2004 10:08

Hi all - my LO hadn't regained birthweight after 4 weeks. She then put on 6oz in a week, but the week after that has only put on 3oz. She's below 0 percentile on the graph! It is an upward trend, she is alert, pooing, peeing, all of that. And has been recommended for a referral to a paeditrician - should I top up with formula or just keep with BF as it is an upward trend. I don't know what to do. And rather superbly neither do the health professionals.

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Twiglett · 10/09/2004 10:12

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acnebride · 10/09/2004 10:14

She's gaining - she's good to go (in her nappy) - that all sounds positive. Might as well take the referral to the paed as you never know, but in the meantime I would just feed that baby. Hope she's a lovely bub and best wishes

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amelie · 10/09/2004 10:19

Sorry - LO is little one.

She is a lovely baby. Really alert and ready to eat every couple of hours. Then she's satisfied until the next feed. But we just want her to put on weight! She was born at 37 weeks and looks so tiny compared to friend's babes born since. I [we] try not to worry as everything seems okay but it's hard sometimes.

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sponge · 10/09/2004 10:21

Little one?
I'd keep feeding. My dd was little and took ages to get back to birth weight.
Her brother at 1 month is already wearing dungarees she wore at 6 months.
But she's a robust and healthy 4 year old now, slim but not skinny.

earlygirl · 10/09/2004 10:21

second twigglet if she is gaining now its sure to be the start of theupward trend.supplementing now will probably decrease your milk supply (just as it is establishing itself)so would be detremental, not beneficial
a big well done yo you as well ab especially for standing uo to those (pesky) hvs (i hated mine with a vengence fromthe first morning when she came to my door looking all disheveled like shed had one too many the nightbefore and shed fallen out of bed-most unprofessional)

Twiglett · 10/09/2004 10:21

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earlygirl · 10/09/2004 10:25

sorry well done amelie not ab
but welldone too ab

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amelie · 10/09/2004 10:31

she's now 6lb 3oz. She was 5lb 15oz at birth. So we're getting there slowly. Some evenings [most actually] she wants feeding from 7-9 and then 10 onwards. I just think if i let her feed off me for an hour then give her extra from a bottle, she's still activating the milk supply on me, and yet will get that little bit extra she seems to need from the formula. I think it's work a go for a week or so - just to see what happens.

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tiktok · 10/09/2004 10:33

Amelie, I do say this a lot, so sorry if it is boring...but if all the professionals are sure that her apparently anomalous place on the charts is due to not enough calories, then give her more calories.....but why in the form of formula? You have the calories, in the breastmilk! If she needs extra, she can have extra breastfeeds.

I think all the evidence is that she's doing just fine, but it won't hurt a bit to give her more breastfeeds...whereas topping up (which is sometimes needed in much direr situations than yours) will affect your long term supply and impact on the benefits of exclusive breastfeeding.

Good luck

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amelie · 10/09/2004 10:40

I feed her as often as she's hungry. She is often there for at least 1.5 hours. And as I say, she is normally satisfied when she comes off. It's reasonably tricky to do more.

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aloha · 10/09/2004 10:52

I suspect she'll pick up. She's gaining weight now and breastmilk has very marginally more calories on average than breastmilk, so topping up just for that reason seems pointless.

sweetkitty · 10/09/2004 12:03

My DD was 6lb 3ozs at birth at 37 weeks, went down to 5lbs 12ozs, back to 6lb 6ozs (HV was critical as she was below the graph!!) then 7lbs (mixed feeding was mentioned) at her last weigh in she was nearly 9lbs (above the graph!!) I think babies have never read the graphs and do it their way. HVs are so critical and it makes you feel so paranoid as a first time mum.

I'm sure your DD will start to pick up really soon.

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amelie · 10/09/2004 12:24

Thanks sweetkitty - that's just what I wanted to hear. Just been to the village under one club as well and there was a 10 week old who had been in a similar position and is now a chubby little thing.

I guess I'm reasonably paranoid as my MIL is a life long coeliac - but then even with the small amount of formula she has had there is no gluten in it - and she's displaying none of the signs of allergy.

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