My daughter will be 5 months old the 17th. She is exclusively breastfed. I pump and am able to get 4 ozs every time.
She has only gained 3lbs 5 ozs since birth--that 3.5 lbs includes supplementing everything I can pump in a 24 hour period, which is generally 12-18 ozs daily. She was 8 weeks old (2 months old!!!) before she regained her birth weight, and between 4-6 weeks old actually lost 3 ozs. No one believes there is anything wrong. She pooped about 10-15 times a day for the first 2 months. She is not "salty." She eats until she falls asleep, wakes 20 minutes later, eats again. Since the child has been born she has never taken a nap during the day of longer than 45 min to 1 hour. She cries when she has to go to the bathroom...I mean "colic" cries. However, her poops have slowed down now to sometimes 2x day or maybe 3x eod. In my gut, something is "wrong." No one will listen!!
What is "normal" for a CF breast fed baby?
She is not my first breastfed baby. She had jaundice with values up around 19 for days. She was on a bili blanket for 16 days. As a matter of fact, she was 17 days old before she had a bili level below 15.
She is so tiny...so tiny... I stripped her down naked a laid her in the floor...her ribs are beginning to show...
Could someone please tell me what is normal for a CF breastfed baby?
Have been to LLL, 2 Lactation Consultants, 3 different pediatricians, an ENT, etc...if someone tells me she is FINE one more time, I'm going to scream...
Please someone respond, I need to know what to do...
She has only gained 3lbs 5 ozs since birth--that 3.5 lbs includes supplementing everything I can pump in a 24 hour period, which is generally 12-18 ozs daily. She was 8 weeks old (2 months old!!!) before she regained her birth weight, and between 4-6 weeks old actually lost 3 ozs. No one believes there is anything wrong. She pooped about 10-15 times a day for the first 2 months. She is not "salty." She eats until she falls asleep, wakes 20 minutes later, eats again. Since the child has been born she has never taken a nap during the day of longer than 45 min to 1 hour. She cries when she has to go to the bathroom...I mean "colic" cries. However, her poops have slowed down now to sometimes 2x day or maybe 3x eod. In my gut, something is "wrong." No one will listen!!
What is "normal" for a CF breast fed baby?
She is not my first breastfed baby. She had jaundice with values up around 19 for days. She was on a bili blanket for 16 days. As a matter of fact, she was 17 days old before she had a bili level below 15.
She is so tiny...so tiny... I stripped her down naked a laid her in the floor...her ribs are beginning to show...
Could someone please tell me what is normal for a CF breastfed baby?
Have been to LLL, 2 Lactation Consultants, 3 different pediatricians, an ENT, etc...if someone tells me she is FINE one more time, I'm going to scream...
Please someone respond, I need to know what to do...