HELP ME Baby not gaining weight

[WJK00]

11 week old ds was weighed today as he suffers a little with reflux and the health visitor wanted to double check he was gaining.

He had been putting on weight fine but past two weeks has put on minimal amount (not sure why as nothing has changed (feeding wise/nappies ect)

He is EBF with one bottle of formula at around 11pm for a dream feed. Health visitor suggest to do some top ups with formula but I really really don't want to jump straight to this I don't want him to get a bottle preference and I really really love just breastfeeding him.

She didn't suggest any other alternatives or what else I can try first.

SO What can I do to try help my baby get back to gaining a good amount of weight?!? I really want to carry on EBF. It's got me right down tonight I keep crying 😭

@WJK00 just wondering how you’ve been getting on and if baby managed to get their weight back up? My baby is 11 weeks old and has dropped 2 centiles. He’s having very slow weight gain and the past week hasn’t gained at all

@SassyPants87
Hey!

Yeah his weight went back up the percentiles after the one week of him not really gaining much.

I spent a week or so just kind of going back to the newborn stage again. So just staying at home and feeding and offering him all throughout the day. If I felt he hadn't fed much then I added just a 3oz bottle here and there. I do think sometimes it's just our babies finding their own line.
Also kept an eye out on nappies. But they were always wet.

He was quite sicky so I cut dairy out of my diet which helped the spit up! Now that's much better on its own as he has got older and now nearly 8 months and on solids.

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