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Why is my baby not gaining weight?


My son is 3 weeks old and has not gained any weight. When we left the hospital he was 6.4 lbs and remains the same. I'm breast feeding and he does fine, eats every 2 hours at least. I use a nipple shield but i know he's getting milk. Last week he had a day where he threw up after almost every feeding, but now he's fine and keeps it down. He also gets really bad gas. Not sure if that's relevant. He poops and pees normally, nothing extreme or too little. Has anyone else experienced this and will he gain weight?? I'm so concerned. We're going to the pediatrician on Friday.

Posted: 09/19/2012 by kifferZ

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by the 2 or 3rd week he should be back up to his normal weight. They actualy drop weight right after they are born and usually by week 2 they are back at the birth weight. Definately bring it up to the pediatrician. But as long as he's feeding right and having the right number of stools and pees I wouldn't worry to much. Since you are breastfeeding they will probably have you give him vitamin d drops which just help him get all the things he needs since he's not getting formula. They also might have you pump and monitor actual intake or try to feed inbetween. If your baby wants to cluster feed let it. it's very normal and helps them go through the correct growth spurts my 4 week old eats 3-4 ml every hour durning the night but only 2 ml every 3-4 hours durning the day so it just kinda depends. Defiantely talk to your peditrcian though
posted 09/19/2012 by Joleneh26
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its normal my baby was the same weight wen i took him to the pedi, wen he was born he was 6.14 i was n the hospital for 5days he lost 2oz while n the hospital but i took him to pedi and he was back at the same weight wen he was born, they told me babies actually loose wieght wen they r born so nothing really big, but when u r there ask all te questions u want to know, or write down what u wanna ask so u dont forget....
posted 09/19/2012 by jonavinn's mommy
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