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Hello,
I'm Portuguese and I'm in Lisbon. I have a little daughter with 2 months and 23 days. I'm exclusively breastfeeding. But since she made one month, she was not gain enough weight. Now she is gaining 10 grams a day. She mades 3 hours and 1/2 during the day and 7 hours during tha night. She never cries to eat, and she don't want the bottle. She is smiling and she is a nice baby. But I'm really worried with her weight. She was born with 2.840 Kg and now she have 4.460 Kg, and 58 cm inch. What do you think that's happen ? Give me some help, please....Im getting crazy.... Forgive my english mistakes, please. Thanks Anete |
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Hi Anete!
"Anete" wrote in message m... Hello, I'm Portuguese and I'm in Lisbon. I have a little daughter with 2 months and 23 days. I'm exclusively breastfeeding. But since she made one month, she was not gain enough weight. Now she is gaining 10 grams a day. She mades 3 hours and 1/2 during the day and 7 hours during tha night. She never cries to eat, and she don't want the bottle. She is smiling and she is a nice baby. But I'm really worried with her weight. She was born with 2.840 Kg and now she have 4.460 Kg, and 58 cm inch. What do you think that's happen ? Give me some help, please....Im getting crazy.... Forgive my english mistakes, please. Thanks Anete She sounds like she is doing fine. It sounds like her weight gain has slowed down over the last few weeks, but overall she has put a lot of weight on. I'm afraid that I work in pounds and ounces when it comes to baby weights, but if I have converted right, she is putting on 2-3 oz a week now - that's not bad! The feeds sound fine too - count yourself lucky to be getting 7 hours sleep! I would say that if YOU feel she is happy and feeding well, don't necessarily watch her weight like a hawk, but if you are worried about her, take her to a doctor and get her checked out. (I believe things like unirary (sp?) track infections can cause weight problems?) Jacqui |
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Hi Anete,
I understand your situation. My daughter was born 5lb 5oz. about 2.5kg. She has always been smaller than her age babies. She nurses very less. She's not interested in food. But she's always happy and healthy. So I tell myself not to worry. As long as she's smiling and playing happily, don't worry. If she's cranky and fussy mention it to your pediatrician. Take care. |
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"Matt C" wrote in message ...
Hi Anete! "Anete" wrote in message m... Hello, I'm Portuguese and I'm in Lisbon. I have a little daughter with 2 months and 23 days. I'm exclusively breastfeeding. But since she made one month, she was not gain enough weight. Now she is gaining 10 grams a day. She mades 3 hours and 1/2 during the day and 7 hours during tha night. She never cries to eat, and she don't want the bottle. She is smiling and she is a nice baby. But I'm really worried with her weight. She was born with 2.840 Kg and now she have 4.460 Kg, and 58 cm inch. What do you think that's happen ? Give me some help, please....Im getting crazy.... Forgive my english mistakes, please. Thanks Anete She sounds like she is doing fine. It sounds like her weight gain has slowed down over the last few weeks, but overall she has put a lot of weight on. I'm afraid that I work in pounds and ounces when it comes to baby weights, but if I have converted right, she is putting on 2-3 oz a week now - that's not bad! The feeds sound fine too - count yourself lucky to be getting 7 hours sleep! I would say that if YOU feel she is happy and feeding well, don't necessarily watch her weight like a hawk, but if you are worried about her, take her to a doctor and get her checked out. (I believe things like unirary (sp?) track infections can cause weight problems?) Jacqui Hello, She made clinical urinary analysis yesterday, and today I get the result, and it's all ok. Yes here in Europe we use kg and grams. I will take her to another doctor in Friday, to listen a second opinon. Where are you from ? Anete |
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Hi Anete --
As many here know, my daughters were both slow at growing. We were told that 15-30 grams a day was expected, but in our case, 10 grams a day would have been pretty good. My older daughter spent six weeks at the exact same weight, as a matter of fact, and if I remember correctly, it was about 14 weeks till 20 weeks, which is about your daughter's current age. Anyway, it's not all that uncommon, but there are some signs that it could be something more than 'just the way she grows'. It's great that she's sleeping well, and going so long between feeds during the day (3.5 hours if I understand you correctly), and seems happy, these are all good signs. Some of the things we needed to look for as a sign that the slow weight gain might be an actual issue we Eating/nursing way more than many babies their age, but still gaining poorly; mucousy and foul smelling bowel movements; vomiting/excessive spitting up; generally unhappy baby. I'll try to find the full list of symptoms that I posted awhile ago, but I think if your daughter had any of these symptoms, you'd have mentioned it, so on first glance she seems little but probably OK. If she has anything that I mentioned above, you should talk to the Dr. again. Tina. (Anete) wrote in message om... |
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