Our baby boy is four weeks now, and has been fed by bottle with formula and pumped breast milk since birth (he can't latch on properly so still struggles with breastfeeding). He was born by planned c-section with a birth weight of 3.25kg, which is around 50% percentile I think. He lost 9% of weight in the first week but has since caught up, now weighing 3.76kg but only 16% percentile according to my app?
He's been drinking a lot of milk every day, around 700ml, 1/3 breast milk and the rest formula. MW and HV don't seem concerned as long as his nappies are fine and he's putting on weight. But I can't help but wonder why his weight gain has been so slow. Spent too much energy screaming for food before each feeding? Or just genes? I'm petite at just under 5ft tall and underweight, but my partner is 6ft and 80kg.
Any thoughts and advice would be much appreciated!