At the moment we are having a few problems with Little Miss A’s feeding and weight gain. Last week we thought we had turned a corner as she was drinking more milk per feed and feeding more often, however, this week she seems to have gone back to her old ways! She is only drinking 3-4 oz per feed (with the occasional 5oz feed) which, for a 12 week old baby is less than she ‘should be’ drinking. She is still having 6 feeds a day with one through the night, however, this feed seems to be getting later and most nights she does not wake until 4-5am.
Little Miss A enjoying her milk last week!
I take her to get weighed every week at the moment and although she is putting on weight, it is not as much as the health visitor would like. She is now 11lb 1oz and is following just below the 25th centile line.
I am trying not to concern myself too much with how much she feeds as she seems to be happy and content most of the time and is starting to stay awake more to play. When she does play she is very active and strong, wriggling away and even trying to roll over on occasion!
We are having her tounge tie snipped in a couple of weeks and are hoping she may be able to take more at a feed after that, however, we are not convinced! It does not seem to be that she gets tired sucking, it seems that she just can’t take any more than 3-4 oz at a feed.
We have tried getting her into a routine, however, this was not successful at all! We are now trying to relax a bit more and let her feed when she is ready, however, not letting her sleep for too long before feeds during the daytime.
Everyone in my family is quite small (me at 5’3 is the tallest on my Mum’s side of the family!) and I am hoping that she is just going to be petite rather than having problems feeding.
DId anyone else’s little ones not feed much? If so, did it rectify when they started weaning or have you now got a fussy eater?! Would love to hear other people’s experiences, Little Mr A was always such a good feeder it’s not something we have experience of!
Little Mr A always loved his milk!