Jess, how would you describe it when you say he doesn't feel 'full'? What does he do? There are times they will want to feed more and sometimes less, depening on growth spurts and other things. When Marisa went to the mother and baby unit, I now know the reason she stopped gaining weight was because she was so stressed with the environment and any attempt in rice cereal was thrown up (despite not doing it before). Even now when she is terribly upset she will vomit. She's a very anxious little bub and I wonder if the M&B unit had anything to do with it, as she wasn't the same since. But getting back on track, the MCHN suggested formula, which she wouldn't take anyway, but now she is a healthy thriving little thing. Without the small babies and without the big babies, the MCHN's wouldn't have flashy little charts to show us averages and what our baby should be doing! I had a small baby, she only ever wanted to breastfeed for a long time and weaned herself shortly after I fell pregnant with Elijah at 2.
Remember those charts were based on formula fed babies from the US in the 1970's. They tend to have more weight as there is more waste products from formula, it takes longer to digest and get around their system, so weight is retained more than a breastfed baby. Both of my babies have been breastfed for longer that I anticipated (on their part!) one putting on little weight (she is petite and little) and one lots (he is a solid boy but not fat), so I think thats an example of a bit of genetics playing out?
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