APTAMIL AND WEIGHT GAIN, HOW DO YOU FIND IT?????????

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I know this is a bit of a strange question but those of you who feed your babies Aptamil formula, do they have good weight gain?
I'm just covering all options really, ds has been mix fed since 3 weeks, put on weight well for first 8 weeks then slowed down and never really went up again, just went along the bottom centile and is now on the bottom line . HV talking about asking doctors advice or the advice of a paediatric nutritionist.
I just was trying to think of any reason at all he isn't as big as he could be. I was wondering whether it might just be that the formula is not right for him on some way, probably nothing to do with it but just thought i'd ask anyway.

anyone?

Hello, not an expert but DD was mix fed on aptamil at around 3 months, weight gain was okay but not great until she weaned when she suddenly caught up and went back to above 25th centile. She had dropped to 9th. Hadn't thought about it at all until I read your post as I know lots of babes dip their weight at around 4 months and she was only having one aptamil feed a day so I doubted if it was making any difference.
Sorry, that doesn't make much sense and the bottom line is I really have no idea. Sorry to hear your DS is dipping his weight, is he still mix fed or have you switched to formula?

I mix feed my baby and he has Aptamil. Weight gain has been spot on so far, but we've only been mix feeding for the past 6 or 7 weeks.

He is on formula all the time now and starting to be weaned. Doesn't really sound like it is to do with the aptamil but thought i'd check to be sure...

oh by the way he's 6 months old now.

my ds did great on aptamil. He started at 7lb 13oz and when he was weaned at 5 1/2 months he was just over 20lbs so no problems with gaining weight !

Thats good, thats what I thought really, ah well back to the drawing board!