Hi Emmykate
Congrats on your new little one. It does sound as though you have had a rough start!

Weight gain... I think I have a slow gainer here too, Arlea was last weighed 2.5 weeks ago & had only gained 300g in 4 weeks. I planned to have her weighed again last Friday but haven't been able to yet.

She sounds very much like your LO, I also have loads of milk but she is only having about 600-700ml / day instead of the 900 she should be having (well, that was her quota a couple of weeks ago anyway).

I have tried &tried to give her more & she just won't take it, like you said, fusses with the teat etc. You can't feed a baby that doesn't want it!

I am trying not to focus on the WG too much, she has plenty of wet nappies, enough dirty (the dirty nappies are actually increasing) & she is doing everything she should be, she's rolling, very chatty & active. And as one nurse pointed out, if she were BFed I wouldn't know how much che was getting. So I just kind of go with - she is healthy & growing & everything else is good - and it sounds very much the same for you.

I am glad your paediatrician hasn't recommeded formula. I am a bit wary of discussing any WG concerns with my GP, when I first told him I was expressing he said 'why not just use formula? It's jsut the same you know' ... so it's good that you have a supportive paed to discuss it with

having said all of that... 5 feeds a day isn't a lot.. maybe if you try & get a bit more in through the day? I think Arlea was sleeping a 6 hour stretch overnight at about 4 weeks... now she's down to 4-5 I just try & feed her whenever I can, she lets me know if she doesn't want it. another thing I have found that helps is waiting 1/2 an hour after a feed then trying again sometimes; she will go back for more.

HTH

How is everyone else?