Newborn failure to thrive
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My three week old has not been gaining weight and has not yet made it back to her birth weight. I’ve seen the pediatrician four times and a lactation consultant. We are feeding every two hours and supplementing with formula and I’m pumping to give bottles of breast milk so we can track how many ounces she’s getting.
Has anyone experienced this before and have advice or at least share how long it took to get baby’s weight up? |
Anonymous
| Skin to skin? We were surprised at how distinctly that seemed to make a difference. |
Anonymous
| No advice, just sending you a virtual hug. |
Anonymous
| See a pediatric gi. |
Anonymous
| One of my kids was like this and the neonatologist said some babies just take longer. They weren’t concerned and he caught up at week 4. His twin ended up having to supplement with a prescription high calorie formula for a few weeks. Good luck. |
Anonymous
Thanks. Trying to not freak out on a Friday night when she seems to be doing worse and eating less. Can’t really put a finger on what’s different just a mom feeling…which could just be postpartum hormones. |
Anonymous
| What is going on, the baby is falling asleep and not finishing the bottle? |
Anonymous
Almost always asleep, takes a long time to drink an ounce. Hard to wake to feed. |
Anonymous
| Go all formula. Truly. You’ve done your best, time to go all formula. |
Anonymous
| More formula! Wish I hadn’t spent so much time with lactation consultants. I had low supply and my baby was hungry. |
Anonymous
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In addition to whatever your doctor recommends, I would lay my baby on my chest naked skin to skin and let them constantly nurse. I'd be on the couch all day eating oatmeal cookies and drinking coconut water. Try to watch a comedy to relax.
Spouse or family member handles all other kids. All housekeeping. You only focus on you and the baby. Now is time to call all helpers. So sorry you are experiencing this OP! Big hugs. |
Anonymous
My jaundiced baby was like that, but I'm guessing at 3 weeks that's been ruled out. Some of the same tricks might help though. This is from: https://llli.org/breastfeeding-info/jaundice/ How to Wake a Sleepy Baby • It’s easier to wake a baby in the stage of light sleep: eyes are moving under the eyelids, baby is making sucking motions or moving his arms and legs. • Dim the lights so that baby will open his eyes. • Undress baby down to just a diaper. • Hold baby in an upright position. Talk to the baby. Gently rub his back, hands, and feet. Walk your fingers up and down baby’s spine. • Wipe baby’s forehead and cheeks with a cool, damp cloth. |
Anonymous
| More formula |
Anonymous
It doesn’t do any good if they don’t get anything while nursing…I had low supply and tried that and it didn’t work to increase it. My baby just couldn’t suck anything out of nipple, not for lack of trying, there just wasn’t anything in there. Plus he couldn’t suck enough to tell my body to make it. Some of us just cannot nurse. Pumping didn’t work either, even with a hospital grade pump. Fed is best. And when it’s been a month and they’re still not growing, it’s time to go ALL formula. Strip them down to their diaper, take your shirt off and feed the baby from a bottle. A kind lactation consultatnt told me to do this and baby.s growth finally took off. Good luck Ige been there OP and I feel for you, but it’s time to feed baby what they can easily eat. |
Anonymous
Yeah I agree. It’s ok op. Just take care of your baby. Fwiw, this happened to my sister and she turned out to be allergic to milk. |