MSE Newborn to 1 year Baby Club 1

twigpig

martafdz wrote: »

RMoneypenny, it's 42 days in England, 21 in Scotland, at least at the moment. I have my appointment for registering her next Monday, when she'll be 32 days. I'm in the North West.

Sorry if I caused confusion. I'd have sworn this was the other way around :rotfl: Best to get in early anyway, so that you get your appointment booked in time.

Gillyx

toni_ wrote: »

Thanks Gillyx, she's 14 weeks now and has gained weight very well, she started off at 7,10 and when I last had her weighed she was 9,15 on the 28th November. I'm going to get her weighed next week. I eat well but I havnt been drinking as much lately, do you think that matters? I mainly drink tea too as i buy bottled water because our tap water comes from a well and it always tastes full of iron so id rather not drink that when feeding her. She's just really slow at sucking all the time I don't know whether to give her a bottle or 2 of formula a day

Hydration is very important for supply. If you can maybe have a 2 litre bottle made up in the morning and try and drink as much as you can from it, even always have a glass out so it reminds you, it may help

dizziblonde

Sammie_03 wrote: »

Is it a push along walker or a sit in walker Aiden has? Noah has both but can't stand up with his push along walker yet!! He is enjoying hitting the buttons at the moment.
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We got given one at Xmas (my mum's been off buying bigger bits of play equipment from a nursery that was shutting down) that's a sit and ride thing, but then the back comes up to be a push along walker - she thinks it's hilarious to sit on it and be pushed around while she pushes the lion's nose to make him play silly music.

Thing takes up a ridiculous amount of space in our living room though!

twigpig

dizziblonde wrote: »

Thing takes up a ridiculous amount of space in our living room though!

I send all the big and noisy stuff to grandma's house......:whistle:.

savageHK

moneypenny21 wrote: »

Had to strip her to her vest to make her feed properly as she kept dozing off....I've noticed a few times when she gets warm she goes into a deep sleep (tip for the night sleeps?!) and its hard to rouse her, stripping her to her vest always seems to work though. I do wonder if she isn't warm enough in the night, her face and hands are always cool in the mornings but her body is always warm enough - she has 4 layers of cellular blanket plus her vest and sleepsuit - she is rubbish at keeping the layers over her though and often wakes up with them round her waist. I'm wary of overheating her in the night by adding any more layers but I do wonder if that is why she might be restless after a night feed? Don't know what to do for the best.

Sleeping bag.
And co-sleeping.
Works here

savageHK

missbunbury wrote: »

HV then surprised me massively by suggesting I ought to start expressing my milk and giving it in a bottle every other feed so I can tell how much I am giving her. This is something I had been under the impression was not ideal as it could cause her to go off the breast.

he suspects I am not making enough milk. This has really upset me to be honest and I've spent most of the rest of the day in tears. She was 6lb15oz at brith, went down to 6lb8oz and is now 7lb11oz at 6 weeks five days.
Except now every time I feed her I am worrying I'm doing it wrong and every time she cries I'm frightened she might be trying to tell me she is starving slowly I thought low milk supply was very rare, but what if I am the one in a thousand and Alice is suffering because I am too militant about breastfeeding?

You know what I reckon far too much emphasis is on growth. She's putting on weight and if she's healthy so what? Quite frankly if you weighed my month old baby just before he weed and dirtied his nappy, and after he'd eaten, he'd probably weigh a good few ounces more than if you waited for him to wee / digest / poo!!

As for expressing and feeding from a bottle :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:
expressing isn't as efficient as baby eating from the boob itself, nevermind the bottle faff required and the problems with nipple confusion etc that could result.

Low milk supply is rare and I think you'd notice as baby would be upset, crying after feeds so on (no offence to marta - and her low supply seems to be medicine related too) - if you are worried there are things you can eat to boost supply (oats, malt extract, fenugreek - can get this as a supplement, in my MIL's day Guinness ). Quite frankly I think the worst thing you could do for your supply now is to start expressing and upsetting the balance you've got going (especially if you're upset about your supply as that can affect expressing too!)

Try not to get too upset about it as that can affect breastfeeding especially if baby picks up on your vibes and to make sure keep an eye on her weight growth but don't get obsessed.

(now after i've said all of that I have my first HV visit in half an hour so we'll see how my little one is doing!!)

fluffnutter

I read an interesting article about weight gain in babies. I'll try to share the salient points. Essentially, regardless of birth weight, babies will follow whatever trajectory their genes determine. You can get a big baby, e.g. where the mother had gestational diabetes, who is actually genetically destined to be quite small. Similarly you can get a little baby, e.g. premature delivery, who will grow up to be a whopper.

It takes the first year for this genetic determination to show itself, but what you find is, regardless of birth centile, babies can rapidly move up or down the centile chart and then follow that particular line. That's why birth weight isn't really that significant - it's the whole first year that needs to be taken into account.

missbunbury, there's every chance that your baby is just a petite lady, particularly if you and your OH aren't huge. If she's well and happy, then her weight gain shouldn't be cause for concern.

dizziblonde

fluffnutter wrote: »

I read an interesting article about weight gain in babies. I'll try to share the salient points. Essentially, regardless of birth weight, babies will follow whatever trajectory their genes determine. You can get a big baby, e.g. where the mother had gestational diabetes, who is actually genetically destined to be quite small. Similarly you can get a little baby, e.g. premature delivery, who will grow up to be a whopper.

It takes the first year for this genetic determination to show itself, but what you find is, regardless of birth centile, babies can rapidly move up or down the centile chart and then follow that particular line. That's why birth weight isn't really that significant - it's the whole first year that needs to be taken into account.

missbunbury, there's every chance that your baby is just a petite lady, particularly if you and your OH aren't huge. If she's well and happy, then her weight gain shouldn't be cause for concern.

If I could be bothered I'd scan in my daughter's weight chart to prove this... so low birth weight she didn't even feature ON the centiles - went through a period of rocketing up weight gain (and yes I took flack from the numpty health visitor I can't stand - the others thankfully had more of a clue) to find her natural line and she's pretty much hovered there since - I'll expect her to dip down a bit once she finally nails crawling and being mobile (my back is praying she dips down a bit - she weighs a tonne) - but she's destined to be tall - even despite being a little premature dot, and hasn't stayed on her original line.

Gillyx

Agree completely fluff, A was a biggish baby for his gestation and was told I'd be having a whopper, he dropped and his followed his line ever since.

savageHK

fluffnutter wrote: »

I read an interesting article about weight gain in babies. I'll try to share the salient points. Essentially, regardless of birth weight, babies will follow whatever trajectory their genes determine.

I'll believe this. I was 9lb4, and so was baby (and I think hubby was the same give or take); I as an adult weigh about 50kgs and am 1.6m tall.