Hi,
My perfect darling three week old nephew is breastfed, and he is doing really well, and is already a breastfed champ, but he feeds all the time. In two weeks he has put on 900 grams - I was under the impression that weight gain of 200g per week was "acceptable", but his is more than double that.
I know what it's like to have a baby that's "small for age" but this baby is a breastfeeding monster and my sister feeds him all the time (even when he seems quite content and not actually hungry). She is happy, she loves feeding and he is a darling, both are obviously thriving. This is her first baby, so just loves the closeness that bf brings (I remember it too).
This is all fine, isn't it? Is it true that it's not possible to overfeed a bf baby?
Thanks,
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Is it possible to overfeed a breastfed baby?
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imanaunty · 18/07/2009 09:37
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