My 10 month old son, Freddie, keeps losing weight. It comes in fits and starts so he'll slowly gain weight for a few weeks but then suddenly lose it all again. I'm at the end of my ttether and just don't know what to do.
He was only 5lbs 12oz when he was born but then put on weight well and was closely following the 25th centile graph until recently.
Then, oer the course of November he lost about 4ozs which caused our health visitors to have a huge panic. We weren't too worried as he still seemed healthy and over the next 3 weeks he put on a lb or so. Since then, he's carried on gaining weight, although more slowly - perhaps an oz a week. I've just weighed him again though and he has lost a full lb in 10 days.
This means that in effect, he has not gained any weight in almost 3 months.
He has been slightly off his food for the last week, perhaps eating about 2/3 of the normal amount, but I wouldn't have thought it would have affected his weight this much. He still seems to be taking in milk at the same rate (Bf though so hard to tell). He has had a few runny nappies over the last week but again nothing drastic. The only other change is that his sleep has been very disturbed which we had put down to teething.
I just don't know what to do. He is tricky to feed at the best of times and I really can't get any more food in to him. I'm just so worried that he weighs no more now than he did when he was 7 months. I also feel awful that I am obviously failing to feed him adequately.
On top of it all, I'm pregnant again after a recent miscarriage and am terrified that the stress of Freddie's weight loss will cause another mc.
Sorry for the long post and thanks for reading. Have also posted in food but was wondering if maybe it is more a health issue.