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[quote=Anonymous][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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I can almost guarantee you are going to look back on this time and wish you had just enjoyed your baby instead of stressing yourself out about breastfeeding. It does not matter in the end. It’s just something you want, not something your baby needs. [/quote]

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