[sad] being daft

[blondiep14]

I know i'm going to be told not to worry, but i need to tell people who will understand my neurosis!!

DS is 11 weeks on Wed and has never lost any weight, was 8lb 1oz when born and was 13lb 14.5oz last Monday. Today he had lost 1.5oz and i feel really upset!!

The woman at the clinic said to make sure i bring him back next week to make sure he's ok.

I do think he has been feeding a bit less because he has started to go thru the night (mostly, 10pm - 5am) and seems ok for longer between feeds in the day, say 3-4hours. Now i am worrying that i am not feeding him enough because he's sucking his thumb now maybe i'm not seeing all hungry signs he is giving me?

We also think he might be teething .

I have noticed less dirty nappies but tbh i have put this all down to him regulating himself now he is feeding less often. Now i am worrying i have been wrong not to worry...

He is still very smiley and happy in himself apart from his screechy time

I'm in sunny Essex.

I will ask the HV for a list of local stuff, the only prob i have is that i don't drive so need things to be within 40min or so walk away (we're in a more rural town rather than city unfortunately).

I'll look in on the local library, that's a great idea. No such luck re keep fit thing but i will def look in to the libarary idea. Thanks

Have you seen this

darn it, the nearest is still tot far away for me .
thanks tho.

Oh well - I'm sure you will find something - NCT is a really good starting point - you don't have to have done the ante-natal classes - I never did

Hi - this brings back memories of when ds2 was a few weeks old and I took him to be weighed and burst into tears because he'd lost 1oz The health visitors said the it was probably a poo's worth, but I felt awful and like I was starving my baby.

He was a strapping 8lb 7oz at birth and is still a very strapping 3 stone + four year old!

Try not to worry about tiny weight losses - and I stopped going every week because it was such a palaver and didn't really make me feel any better about how things were going -I found meeting up with my friends much more comforting!

I'll look in to it. my local branch is about 30min drive away tho, but maybe they do stuff nearer me i don't yet know about