Marisa has always been petite and the pressure is enormous for weight gain, especially when they are younger. But luckily in all my naivety, I knew she was happy, healthy and very active so she must be okay. She was breastfed for two years and that's all she really liked, unless is was covered in chocolate :S It hasn't been a problem developmentally as she has always been ahead with milestones too and was a shocking sleeper!!! I had no idea how she could function, but she needed very little obviously!
The one bit of advice I would say to those who have healthy bubs but get pressure about this stuff is that when you go to the MCHN, it takes lightweights and heavyweights for those charts to get an average weightSo don't beat yourself up over it! It is very frustrating when they wont eat much but a healthy baby wont starve itself. I think it will help with the introduction of breastfed growth charts too.
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