Weight gain dropped
Hi ladies, my 8 week old was on the 50th centile at birth and at her 2 week check up but at the 6 weeks appointment she dropped to the 9th. I had her weighed again a week later and she’s still on the 9th.
She is exclusively breastfed and fed on demand. She has dropped a night feed by herself so goes 5 ish hour through the night without a feed. I’m doing compression when feeding and had my latch checked and all is fine. I’m offering both breast and burping in between.
Just seeing if anyone else has had a similar experience? Any advice or tips welcome 🫶🏼
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Exactly same happened to me but dropped to 25th from 75th, she only gained 1oz in 2 weeks then the 3rd week she gained 6oz, so they are happy now just want us keep getting her weighed to ensure it stays that way x
Mine was on the 75th at birth and now is consistently on the 25th. I went to a HV hub yesterday and they looked at her weight and weight gain overall. They have said that this is now her new normal centile. It
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I had similar. We introduced 2 bottles 40ml of formula a day, one in the morning and one in the evening, just until her weight was up. I also had to pump after every breastfeed and during bottle feeding to up my supply. She gained 1lb over 2 weeks when I did this and we could stop. I didn’t want to introduce formula, but it did her the world of good for those two weeks. We haven’t used it since