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[quote=Anonymous]OP, I haven’t read all 8 pages, but I assume at some point this jumped the shark and you have gotten a lot of crazy advice at this point.  But please do the following:

1) Try a different pediatrician.  This one seems either alarmist or just unnecessarily blunt and you seem to be a worrier by nature so that’s not a good personality fit.  It is no big deal to admit that and ask to see someone else for your next visit.

2) Weigh-ins are notoriously unreliable, because a) it’s hard to get a clear height measurement at this age (which impacts BMI percentiles), b) there are a lot of variables like how full baby’s stomach/diaper are at weigh-in, c) kids don’t grow in a straight line.  They get fat then they shoot up.  So you could have a kid whose BMI looks like they are overweight and then measure the same kid in 3 weeks and he looks too skinny for height.

3) He dropped below his curve but that isn’t a trend yet at this point.  Unless you have a very unusual disorder, he will TELL you if he is still hungry. Since you have plenty of extra pumped milk, you can continue to offer slightly more (like 4.5 oz) at feedings just to see if his hunger increases or fluctuates but there is not need to force feed or overfeed.  He is small but he is within the range of normal both for weight and for the amount he is eating.  Continue to respond to his cues and continue to track his weight and only change feeding methods if this trend continues.[/quote]

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