so i took ds to get weighed today, as i've been a bit concerned about how light everyone seems to think he is. he's lost 12g. is otherwise a healthy, happy, extremely active little boy. the hv asked me if i was still feeding in the night, and explained that if he was still feeding in the night, then he would not eat solids in the daytime. i said he just helps himself normally, as we co-sleep. she said, "Ah, well, there's your mistake then."
she also tried to claim that bm had less calories in it from 6mo onwards, and that if i continued to feed on demand then i'd be setting myself up to feed for longer. when i said i was planning on letting him self wean she said, "Oooh, well that's your choice of course."
i felt so demeaned and embarrassed, this was in a room full of other mums, all looking at me, all judging me for being a weirdo hippy (possibly i'm projecting a little bit there, actually ) it made me feel like my milk wasn't enough for him, and i should top up with formula even though i know that's stupid.
what i should have said was, "So, from 6 months my breastmilk magically contains less calories then does it? His 12g weight loss isn't anything to do with the fact that he's just done a massive poo? Or that he's zooming all over the place now? It's all to do with the fact that I'm not giving him enough pureed broccoli?" (she said i should give him broccoli as a way of getting more iron into him, because he wouldn't get enough from my bm)
AAARRRRRGH!! no wonder i never go to the clinic, they all make me feel shit!! ARRRRRRGH!!