Newborn failure to thrive
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Anonymous
I’ve been pumping and giving bottles of breast milk so it can be measured but also offering formula. It’s basically an all you can eat buffet. I spent an hour feeding her and it was an ounce. She takes breast milk better than formula but it’s still slow. The type of milk isn’t the issue as far as I can tell. It’s quantity and she’s being offered plenty of both. |
Anonymous
This could definitely be possible. My second child rejected formula and ended up being allergic to milk (has since outgrown it.) try formula + dairy free formula (my baby liked Hipp HA.) Op if you at every concerned call your pediatrician and you can always go back To the hospital you delivered at. Trust your instinct. Good luck Op, newborns + hormones can be very frightening. |
Anonymous
| Ask other people about lip and tongue tie - I assume someone has checked but get a second and third opinion. |
Anonymous
She does have a lip tie and a consultation scheduled. Trying to get it moved up and potentially seeing someone else sooner. My son had jaundice and a tongue tie so we’ve been through all that. No signs of an allergy—no spitting up, no reflux, no colic, no problems with poop. It all comes down to not enough intake of formula/breastmilk. I just can’t get her to take more. |
Anonymous
I assume baby has been checked for tongue tie? |
Anonymous
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More formula as others have said. Change diaper before feeding. Bright lights. Music
You can still pump but would stick to bottles until weight is gained And def look at tongue tie issue asap |
Anonymous
All this including tickle the feet. You have to be mean. Keep baby dressed very warm or on your bare chest with a blanket on top (other than some cold to wake the baby up). Have you heard of a supplemental nursing system? Do you see fat in your pumped milk? Some women make "skim" milk |
Anonymous
| If exclusively breastfeeding something to watch out for is green watery poop in the diapers. It means that the baby isn't getting the fatty milk because of switching breasts too often. Easy to do with a sleepy baby that take a long time to nurse. Something I wish I had known then. Best wishes and hugs to you and your baby! |
Anonymous
| I had a very sleepy, very small baby that was similar. We just kept at it, took her clothes off to wake her up, wet washcloth on the feet, sooo much time feeding. A nipple shield helped a lot (otherwise she tired out too much trying to feed), tongue tie release as well, and by around 7 weeks she was improving enough that we dropped 3 hour feeds and by 9 weeks she was all caught up. It was a long slog but I was living in a country where formula was highly discouraged. I still kick myself for not just telling the medical folks to f right off with that. I almost drove myself insane pumping and feeding. She also turned out to be pretty lactose intolerant so that likely didn’t help. Hugs, OP. Don’t be afraid to just go formula if needed and you guys will get there. |
Anonymous
| Go to the hospital |
Anonymous
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are they telling you to feed every two hours bc of weight? I’m curious if your baby is fussing/rooting/crying every two hours (showing signs of wanting to eat), or if they are having you wake up and feed a sleeping baby every 120 mins. I am not trying to get in the way of your doc advice, but this was me and my DS once.
at 1 month or being told to do this he was exhausted and never wanted to eat. My next pediatrician said to let him wake up at night on his own. I started letting him go longer and when he woke up hungry, he was ready to eat and took in more at each feed. is it possible your baby is getting very tired out by this, or not going long enough to get hungry cues in the frequent feedings? |
Anonymous
| Pp — and yes +1 tongue tie is an urgent thing in this case. Have your pediatrician office make calls for you to get you in asap |
Anonymous
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How often are you feeding? My jaundiced baby was like this - would not take formula, was happy to nurse, but just took in very little and very sleepy for her first 3-4 weeks. I had plenty of milk and it was my second child (first was an enthusiastic nurser who never went through the newborn sleepy phase) so it wasn't lack of experience. We wound up feeding every 90 minutes until she worked through it. She would take an ounce or so over 30 minutes, and then refuse more. But an hour or at most two later, she would do it again. Put it on repeat and did that. Exhausting, but it wroked.
She was also very slow to gain weight until close to 8 weeks. Remained a grazer for a long time, probably until age 4. She would eat small amounts often, and still prefers that mode if permitted. |
Anonymous
I could’ve written this. Plus I would’ve gone full on PPD if I had RM be sitting there for hours on end like a nursing machines it wasn’t going to be for me. Formula is safe and effective. |
Anonymous
| Op I hope you read this- your baby needs to be checked for Laryngomalacia. If your pediatrician isn't knowledgeable about it, ask for a referral to a specialist. Both of my friends who had failure to thrive babies were diagnosed with this. |