Ok. She's breast feeding, she's formula feeding, and she's STILL not gaining weight. Now they have upped her formula and we have to weigh her again on Monday. Still not up to her birth weight after 24 days. UGH! At least it wasn't JUST me. The formula doesn't cut it either. Today with her new 30g more of formula she looked like she was DRUGGED at the end and has been sleeping ever since. Oh, and today she is actually sleeping in her little bed (as in she saw me put her in it, didn't just WAKE UP THERE) and barely put up a fight. Is baby maturing? She sure seems to be after yesterday's breakthrough.
So she seems fine. Sleeps, seems satisfied and all that, but the scales are not working in our favor. Last week she had a nice weight gain over 2 days but now after a week she is still the same. I totally don't get it, especially since she's eating more than before.
Nice to be fixated on weight at an early age, though. Yikes!!
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Were you or Cristian super small or skinny babies? It could just be a genetic thing.
ReplyDeleteOther than that - does she seem to have any colic-like distress? Maybe there's an allergy/intolerance at play (coming through the breast milk) and interfering with weight gain?
I think Beavis lost weight intitially - maybe a pound and a half? And it may have taken 2 weeks to get it back, even though he was bottle fed. I wouldn't worry unless the doctors are worried!
As for spoiling Eva - what's the point of having a baby if you can't spoil her (or him)? Seriously, she's too little - pick her up on demand, carry her as much as you want, coo at her, love her - it means so much to her development at this stage, and it lets her know she is safe and loved!
I would not worry about the weight thing either. As long as Eva is alert, seems content, sleeps...all will be good.
ReplyDeleteIn response to 'Bad Hippie,' ... you, Kari, were barely 6 pounds. Of course, you were a twin, but you were eating every 2 hours. You were quite thin and long. All of a sudden, things fell into place, and leveled out. Don't let this stress you.
I am thinking most babies drop a few ounces following birth...especially those who were bigger.
See? Told you. No biggie! Eva will be roly poly in no time. (Except, of course, if Italian pediatricians don't want Italian babies to be roly poly like American babies!)
ReplyDeleteWe bring her in this morning. Will let you know how it goes. For now she is sleeping so hard she wouldn't even wake up for her last feeding. My my! But that must mean she's full?? BTW fennel does work. I put some in a vegetable soup I made yesterday and baked some with chicken and potatoes the night before and today I am like Elsie the gd cow!!
ReplyDeleteOMG...best reference ever. From now on, "Elsie" is going to bring up a completely different visual - and it's not bovine!
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