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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, I had a similar story with my first. Weight gain was slow, but it was determined that I didn’t have a supply issue by doing weighted feeds.  I would get yourself a scale and starting doing weighted feeds. [/quote]

OP here. I got a baby scale when he didn’t regain his birth weight. I do weighted feeds at each feed and he eats about 2oz or a little more each feed. He eats about 24oz/day.[/quote]

How do you breastfeed him? Do you offer one or both breast? Are you making sure he gets the fatty milk? Maybe your milk isn’t fatty enough? I know someone who had this issue and had to switch to formula because the baby wasn’t gaining any weight, even after she switched to pumping and bottle feeding. [/quote]

OP here. I weigh him, feed him on one breast while I use the Haakka on the other, and then switch him to the other side to see if he will eat more. I weigh him again after. I alternate which breast I start with depending on his last feed. He eats 2oz or a little more at each feed. I get drops or sometimes up to 1oz from the Haakaa. I usually have 4oz at the end of the day from the Haakaa.

I don’t know if my milk is fatty. We do keep a bottle in the fridge of the Haakaa milk and it has a small oating like thick milk and then more clear watery on the bottom.

He doesn’t take more than 2-3oz when we give him a bottle. He usually stops at 2oz unless he sleeps a little longer and then will take 3oz.

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