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I've mentioned this briefly elsewhere, but I thought I'd consolidate the discussion into its own thread, because I have a feeling this will be ongoing. To summarize, E is a tiny baby, which was always a possibility given my size (5'1" - although hubby is 6'2", so either was likely). She was 5lbs 14oz, 19" when she was born at 39 weeks (though I think the pedi measured her up to an inch shorter a few days later). At 1 month, she was 7lbs, 19.5", and 2 months she was 8lbs 9oz, 21". Tiny, but on her own curve at the 3rd percentile. At 3 and 4 months, she started falling off of her curve. At 4 months, she was 10lbs, 22.5" (0.14 percentile weight, 0.5 height), and the doctor diagnosed failure to thrive (or at least put it on her problem list - she never used the term with me personally). For reference, I was also 22.5" but 11lbs at 4 months.
She's exclusively breastfed so far, normally 7-8 feedings/day depending on how well she sleeps though the night (which is not well at all lately despite sleeping for 10 hours consistently until about a month and a half ago. The plan was to increase her 2 bottles at daycare from 4 to 5oz, and to give up to 2oz in bottles after nursing. The first weekend I supplemented all of her feedings, but I can only pump a limited amount each day, and I had about 60oz in the freezer. Once the week started, I just upped her bottles at school, nursed more frequently in the evenings and overnight, and only gave her the supplemental bottle at bedtime - even with that, I was going through my freezer stash rapidly, with half of it gone midway through the week. I'm doing everything I can to increase my supply - power pumping, supplements, tons of water, oatmeal, dark beers, switching to a hospital grade pump, warm compresses, tandem pumping, etc. At this point, I'm debating when and if to add in formula. We considered adding in solids instead, but we're not quite sure she's ready yet at 4.5 months. We go back for another weight check on Friday, and we'll see where she is.
She's exclusively breastfed so far, normally 7-8 feedings/day depending on how well she sleeps though the night (which is not well at all lately despite sleeping for 10 hours consistently until about a month and a half ago. The plan was to increase her 2 bottles at daycare from 4 to 5oz, and to give up to 2oz in bottles after nursing. The first weekend I supplemented all of her feedings, but I can only pump a limited amount each day, and I had about 60oz in the freezer. Once the week started, I just upped her bottles at school, nursed more frequently in the evenings and overnight, and only gave her the supplemental bottle at bedtime - even with that, I was going through my freezer stash rapidly, with half of it gone midway through the week. I'm doing everything I can to increase my supply - power pumping, supplements, tons of water, oatmeal, dark beers, switching to a hospital grade pump, warm compresses, tandem pumping, etc. At this point, I'm debating when and if to add in formula. We considered adding in solids instead, but we're not quite sure she's ready yet at 4.5 months. We go back for another weight check on Friday, and we'll see where she is.
Keep us posted!!!
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