Ok so its a bit of a long one....
Took dd for her 9mo check just before xmas so she is actually closer to 10mo now. The nrusery nurse weighed her and she had fallen off the growth chart so she called a hv in.
Bit of background, I am a very small person, my son is also a little string bean and although he was never high up on the scales my old hv who was lovely never worried and always reassured me I was doing the right thing. I breastfed ds till he was 1 when he had cows milk instead, I really didnt want to give him formula.
The Hv came in and said that I would need a drs appointment sooner rather than later and would probably get referred to a pedeatrician (sp?). And that I should think about giving dd formula as a top up. I said that I didnt want to give dd formula her reaction was "Well why not?". I didnt find her particularly pro breastfeeding I must say. I said that I would rather give dd cows milk and she said that you aren't meant to until they are one because it doesnt have enough vitamins in it. Ds had cows milk from around 9mo as well as breastmilk to prepare him for the change but I didnt tell her that. Dd eats a very varied diet and more than her 2yo brother so surely she should be getting her vitamins from her food rather than milk?
Went along to my emergency drs appointment armed with 2 breastfed baby growth charts where dd is still on only to be seen by a nurse who thought the whole thing was ridiculous but said I should make a drs appointment for the new year just to give dd a check up.
Went to see the dr who looked at the breastfed charts and agreed there was nothing to worry about but referred me to a pedeatrician just incase she was missing something.
Anyway Dd eats a brilliant diet I have no wrories about that at all she is just small. My only problem is that I am nervous that the pedeatrician is going to reccomend I use formula as well when I really dont want to and feel that after 10mo of breastfeeding it would be a huge step backward to inroduce bottles etc
Sorry its so long!