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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Random thought: if he is STTN maybe you need to wake him for a feed[/quote]

OP here. He just dropped one of his night feeds. He eats 7, 10, 1, 4, 7, 10, and 3/4am. Some days time shifts because he wakes up between 6:30/7:30am but this is pretty much his schedule. He was walking at 1am but dropped that feed last week and started taking more at the 10pm feed and the 3/4am

Right now he does 7am - 4oz, 10am - 4oz, 1pm - 4oz, 4pm - 4oz, 7pm - 4oz, 10pm - 4-6oz, and 3/4am - 4-6oz. [/quote]

I'm not an expert, my babies are little porkers, but maybe he needs the 1am feed back. I don't know that 4 more ounces is going to make all the difference in the world. I went to a breast feeding clinic with my first baby, maybe that could offer you help? Or a lactation consultant? [/quote]

OP here. We don’t have any issues with nursing. He took right to breastfeeding in the hospital and the lactation consultant we saw in the first week said things looked good. He nursed exclusively for the first month and regained his birth weight and then went from 6lbs 14oz at two weeks to 8lbs 10oz at 1 month. I only stopped nursing and started pumping because her bringing up him being small worried me that he wasn’t getting enough and I wanted to know how much he got at each feed. I have been freezing so much milk because I make enough but started supplementing with formula. He still nurses occasionally at night or before his last nap which tends to be the hardest to get him to sleep.

I can start waking him at 1am to feed but don’t want to force him to eat if he is naturally sleeping longer stretches. [/quote]

The clinic might have better info for you than OMG HE IS SOOOO SMALLLLLLL. They can re-weigh him at least. Maybe they will tell you the ped needs to chill. The one I saw was run by a pediatrician so maybe you can get your 2nd opinion too. I'm not in DC otherwise I'd tell you where I went. [/quote]

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