Hi,
I posted a few days again with regards to my DS' weight gain issue. Anyway, we went to a bf group yesterday, which was immensely helpful and DS was diagnosed with TT and a referral to get it snipped next Tuesday (fingers crossed!). In the meantime, he is getting fussier and fussier and it's driving me to tears...
Everything was fine up till Monday. Then Monday, he got weighed at the baby clinic and everything fell apart... He hasn't put on that much weight (9% to 2%) and he also seem to have started a growth spurt at the same time so for the last few days, he's either fussing or feeding all the time.
For example, he's been up and feeding on and off since 2am and finally went to sleep in a sling on DH at 11am! I was asked by the bf counsellor to express and to give him EBM top-ups. This morning, I only got a measly 5ml but he was happy to lap it up (cup-feeding him..). I KNOW in my heart that he is hungry and not getting satisfied. In the first two weeks, I can easily tell when he's had his fill (when he gets that 'drunk' look and pretty much passes out!). He hasn't had that 'dazed' look for a few days now...
I'm at the end of my tether and now being urged to do FF top-ups by DH and also the inlaws as they can see how stressed I am by the whole situation not to mention feeling like a complete failure of a mother... And I am slightly losing the plot a bit as I am now thinking how bad can it be if I just give him a capful of FF after his next BF? I don't know how I am going to get through the next 5 days (till the snip!). The HV is coming tomorrow for the first time (when DS will be 20 ays old!) and I now think DS has lost weight since Monday... I don't know what else to do!
Ax