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[quote=Anonymous]Ugh. This kind of conflicting advice about infant weight gain is why I switched to a sole practicioner pediatrician.

What they’re telling you is that the baby should be getting more calories, and two different ways they think you can get there. But they are in agreement that the baby needs to be eating more.

All babies are different, but in this scenario, I increased my baby’s intake by scheduling feedings every 2 hours. Prior to that he was not getting enough frequently enough. Years later it turns out he is a kid who is just not that sensitive to bodily discomfort and is also very uncoordinated. So as an infant he didn’t mind being hungry and was a bad nurser!

Although the nursing schedule helped a little, ultimately he didn’t start to gain appropriately until he started to get 4oz formula a day.

Is he spitting up a lot? You could try eliminating dairy in your diet. My baby was a HUGE spitter and it didn’t get better until we added in that formula. Could have been a coincidence but his stomach seemed to settle down when he was eating more. [/quote]

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