Hi Everyone,
Francis saw the Health Nurse on Tuesday and he has moved down two percentiles since birth. However she doesn't think he is starving, she has told me to persist, take the meds for 4 weeks this time and keep going with BF in the meantime. She does want me to do a day stay at the clinic though. Huge drive for me...
I took him with me to the GP yesterday because my 7 year old had an ear infection upon picking him up from school (he didn't tell his teacher that his eat hurt), after she checked out my eldest I told her that Francis needed his immunistions next week and I had booked him in, yet she said that he can't have his injections next week because he hasn't been gaining sufficiently. So same thing as last...comp feed him. Which I did last night.
I am a little more than frustrated about it because I am told different things. I know I should know what to do myself and do it, however that would be continuing with BFing and I am put off sticking with it now on the off chance that I am starving him, DP's mum has already said that I am putting my needs above Frankie's and I am beng a selfish mother who is going to cause her baby neurological damage.
DP thinks he is fine and not hungry for more than what he gets from me, because he won't take more than 50ml of formula in a day. So I am boggled why he is not gaining more that 100 odd grams a week (av).
Francis is now 6.15kg 2-3 weeks ago he was 5.85kg, I would have to go back through and read my posts. I know that isn't good enough but I feed him all the time. He is happy and smilely. He is not week or lethargic and his frontonelles are not sunken, so I don't know why the doctor thinks that he is starving.
It is really annoying and I am pretty upset about it because I want to do the right thing by my son and I have always thought that breast feeding was the best thing and that it was easy (at least it had been for me and I took that for granted). Now I feel like I have to change my way of thinking because I am now one of those that can't do it because my milk supply was not good enough.
I still want to be a part of growing my baby I don't want to lose that connection, I feel heart broken at the thought that I am not able to do it anymore because of my milk or lack there of, it just feels so unfair.
Hi Loren - I am going to put him in his rocker next to the bed after feeds from now on as I gave him to my partner last night after a feed and he put him on his chest and fell asleep himself, the next minute Francis was on the floor crying...he is ok though. It does help if they are not constantly lying next to you because they do smell the milk.
Karen
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