Weight gain in the first few weeks

"Carlye" wrote in message
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I really thought that as a second-time mom, I'd be a lot less concerned
about bfing and weight gain than I was first time around. With DD, I
had so many problems with both of us "learning" to breastfeed that I
worried tremendously about her gaining adequately. With DS, I didn't
worry at all... until he got weighed yesterday.

DS weighed 9 lbs, 3 oz at birth, which put him above the 95th
percentile, they said. He dropped to 8 lbs, 13 oz by the next
afternoon, and when he was four days old weighed 8 lbs 15 oz.
Yesterday, though, we had his 2 week checkup (he was only 12 days old,
so I'm not sure how much of a difference that makes) and he weighed 9
lbs, 5 oz, which was only the 70th percentile for a 2-week-old boy. I
had thought that a 6 oz gain for 8 days was pretty good, but a drop
from 95th to 70th percentile seems significant. Anyone know how many
ounces a baby -should- be gaining in the first weeks?

Oh, and DS has a little cold and I am still recovering from mastitis,
so that might've made a difference in what he could gain, too.

Thanks.

-Carlye
DS 6-2-06
DD 9-29-04

Someone might have already said it, but I was told that a baby should be
back to their birth weight by 2 weeks old. Yours is just over his birth
weight at 12 days, so I'd say he's doing good and so are you.
70th %ile is still good. Babies do grow and gain weight at very different
stages and times.