i am (very sadly, bf nightmare) almost exclusively ff my dd (pfb, natch).
at 28 weeks she is on the 98th percentile (21 lbs) and looks decidedly tubby (tubby, but gorgeous imo ).
she was born on 50th, and dropped below 9th before i was pressured into topping her up with formula at 4 weeks old.
she now has about 30-33oz formula a day, but she seems to have a very efficient metabolism and is very rarely sick.
she has a small amount of solids - blw.
she pushes the bottle away when she's had enough milk and i don't try to force it on her.
she does appear to love her solids which i'm really happy about.
now, i was a fat child and it caused me no end of grief and misery and i'd hate her to go through that. also, i am terrified of passing on my issues on food and dieting which my mother kindly passed on to me.
so, do fat babies become fat children? am i being ridiculous thinking maybe i should cut her milk down at this point?
or should i start cutting out feeds now she's on solids? she never seems massively hungry until she sees the bottle (then she clamours for it). should i be waiting for her to be really hungry before making a milk feed? should i try to cut out the 11pm dream feed?
or is she storing up energy for when she starts moving?
how can i not stress about her weight? i am much more accepting of my own weight these days.
any advice welcomed, thank you.