Am I doing something wrong??
My lo is almost 13 weeks, she was 6lbs 14ozs when she was born. She takes about 6-7ozs per feed and has 4 feeds a day and is a really happy contented baby. Yesterday I took her to the baby clinic for second injections and they measured and weighed her, at her 8 week jabs she measured 57.5cms and weighed 10lbs 2ozs and at this appointment she was the same length and weighed just 10lbs 13ozs. She is formula fed, I told the HV that she had been sick over Christmas and didnt eat well for that week but now she is eating really well and she kept saying well she is very underweight and it could be to do with being sick but we need to keep an eye on it and she will be looking closely next time. She is a fine baby but she eats what she wants and then stops and its always between 6-7ozs but the hv is making me feel like I am not looking after her right and she has suggested that I move her onto hungry baby food. I feel so guilty that she isnt putting on weight as maybe she should be.
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If you honestly think she is happy and health I wouldn't worry! x all babies are different x
Im sure you are doing a fab job.
Gemma, Ryan and Alfie 15 + 2
P.S. If she is feeding well, and is full from what she is eating then im sure HB milk will make no difference. It doesnt help them put on weight, just makes them feel fuller??? That wont help!
I don't know what it is about some of these hv's, but I've heard so many stories of them making new mums fret about their baby's weight - and you had an explanation as to why she may not have gained that much weight for god's sake!
Just keep on doing what you are doing.
Mx
Tils has just a little more than your LO (7-8oz per feed at 19 weeks) and is the chubbiest little thing you have ever seen, I worry that I overfeed her!
Babies all grow at different rates and come in all shapes and sizes - even if they all fed the same.
If she has been poorly then she may have lost weight over xmas but the fact she has put on is brilliant.Your HV will keep an eye on it I'm sure as that is their job but like the others say, hungry baby milk will only fill her up more so I don't see the point in changing.
Chin up
Lulu
xxx
My lo is almost 10 months now and she eats 3 good large meals a day, has two snacks a day and still has 4 milk feeds during the day and anything between 1-4 milk feeds during the night. she's a right greedy piggy (takes around 5-6oz each milk feed)
She eats about the equiv of a stage2 jar for lunch and dinner, as well as some fruit and a yoghurt each time too, and a good sized bowl of brekkie - and she has been slow to put weight on....... she's gained the grand total of 1oz in the last 2 months! She's dropped 2 (or is it 3 now) centiles and she is starting to worry them slightly, but she spends most of her days laughing and crawling round chasing after my elder lo (32 months) that there is nothing wrong with her (apart from her reflux)
if you think she is ok then she probably is!
xxx