My daughter was born at a healthy 8lb 2oz back in January. She has been an excellent nurser from about 20 minutes after birth when she wiggled her own way up to the breast. Our ped is very supportive of breastfeeding, but still works in a practice that is probably 75% formula fed babies. I think she is used to seeing babies grow very rapidly because of that.
My little bear has been a slow gainer from the get-go. It was suggested once that we supplement with formula when it took her awhile to get over jaundice and start gaining again. I politely refused and it has never been brought up since.
At 3 months she outright refused my left breast and is exclusively fed from the right side. My son did the same thing around the same age. It always produces less and flows slower. My son nursed for 2.5 years on the right side only and turned out great!
Now I am starting to wonder myself... She is coming up on 6 months now and is hovering around 13 lbs. She is very active and meeting all her milestones. She is rolling from both back and tummy, attempting to crawl, can sit up tri-pod style and straight backed with a little help, and she loves to stand if you hold her hands. She still nurses every 2 hours during the day and around 3-4 a night. We co-sleep so as to promote weight gain.
Last night she seemed hungry after having nursed for a long time. I had a container of Earth's Best formula a friend gave us at one point for mixing with solids. I decided to try the bottle of formula. I mixed 2 oz and she drank it without pause. Then she latched back on the breast for another 10-15 minutes and fell asleep.
Should I take this as a sign she is not filling up on BM and we should try supplementing some?
My little bear has been a slow gainer from the get-go. It was suggested once that we supplement with formula when it took her awhile to get over jaundice and start gaining again. I politely refused and it has never been brought up since.
At 3 months she outright refused my left breast and is exclusively fed from the right side. My son did the same thing around the same age. It always produces less and flows slower. My son nursed for 2.5 years on the right side only and turned out great!
Now I am starting to wonder myself... She is coming up on 6 months now and is hovering around 13 lbs. She is very active and meeting all her milestones. She is rolling from both back and tummy, attempting to crawl, can sit up tri-pod style and straight backed with a little help, and she loves to stand if you hold her hands. She still nurses every 2 hours during the day and around 3-4 a night. We co-sleep so as to promote weight gain.
Last night she seemed hungry after having nursed for a long time. I had a container of Earth's Best formula a friend gave us at one point for mixing with solids. I decided to try the bottle of formula. I mixed 2 oz and she drank it without pause. Then she latched back on the breast for another 10-15 minutes and fell asleep.
Should I take this as a sign she is not filling up on BM and we should try supplementing some?
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