My baby is losing weight :(
He was 7 lbs 12 oz at birth and dropped to 7 lbs 3 oz before leaving the hospital. He has his 2 week check up and he is only 7 lbs so we have to go back in today to make sure he gained 500 g I think she said. I am breast feeding and doing everything I can so I can keep breast feeding cause I love it. I haven't had any nipple pain this time around and he has a great latch. I just a got a new manual pump so that he can have the more fattening hind milk when he feeds and I save the pumped milk for night time. He slept so much better last night!! But he still wanted more milk. I gave him 2.5 oz that I pumped that day and let him feed for a half an hour.
Does anyone think if I start him on a little formula at night would he not want to breast feed anymore? Like if I did 50/50 breast milk and formula to make sure he is full at night do you think it would screw up breast feeding? Maybe if I keep doing what I'm doing I will eventually produce more? I only get 3/4 of an oz when I pump sometimes a full oz if he actually waits 3 hours to be fed. I'm also trying to make him feed more often rather than every 3 hours and on demand.
Any advice?
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