I'd wonder why is this healthy baby being weighed so often?
There is no clinical justification for this level of frequency.
Guidelines in the UK are 'no more often than monthly in the first six
months' once the baby has regained birrthweight and is seen to be
healthy and thriving.
Healthy babies don't gain weight in a linear fashion, anyway.
However, more relevant would be this baby's growth on the charts, to
see if she is following a curve, within two centile spaces. Not
really possible to judge weight on individual readings.
But if there is a weight gain issue, she's prob not feeding
sufficiently often - 6 x a day is not usually enough.
Looking forward to more info, Laura!
Heather Welford Neil
NCT bfc, tutor, UK
>PTP. I saw a 2.5 month old girl (38-6/7 wks, vaginal delivery)
>whose weight gains were 1.5 oz/day, then 1 oz/day, then 0.58 oz/day,
>then 0.42 oz/day. I saw her because she gained 3 oz in 7 days,
>"decreasing height/weight ratio". Peds told mom her milk was
>"probably drying up" even though she pumps 8 oz after mid-morning
>feed and 4-6 oz one other time/day. Mom is on prozac. Feeds on
>demand, 6 x/day, pacifier use after feeds introduced a month ago.
>Doesn't spit up a lot, happy, alert and engaged baby transferred 122
>cc at the visit, struggled to control rapid flow (looks more like
>oversupply) and had gained 2.9 oz according to my scale since peds
>visit the day before. I had mom feed more frequently, offer breast
>instead of pacifier and block feed. Baby takes 3 oz EBM/feed when
>at daycare and yesterday received formula when they ran out of EBM
>(mom hadn't brought more, even though she has tons stored). Weight
>check today was only 1.1 oz gain in 3 days, she has been feeding
>more frequently, approx q 3 hr even overnight. Suggestions? Thank
>you
>
>Laura
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