Just back from having Kirsten weighed, and a bit down.
She has gained, and gone from 7kgs to 7.2kgs over the past four weeks, but the Health Visitor was really hassling me to give her more solids, as her height is now in the 95% percentile - she is 70.5cm tall, and her weight is in the 25th. Her weight has always been in the 30thish and her height in the 90th..she is tall and skinny, she eats all the time and I have been really trying with the solids, and trying to give her three meals a day, and have just started with chicken and porridge. I spend at least 2 hours a day making food for her/feeding her.
I think she is just a slow starter with the solids, she is only just starting to enjoy them a little. I am also tall and used to be skinny, and was when I was a baby.
I just really felt like I was getting told off, and like I was starving my baby, the woman has a terrible manner.
I am not feeling fantastic at the moment, a bit fragile, and finding things quite hard, including weaning, so this was not what I needed. I went out in a panic and bought all sorts of food for Kirsten but I think I will just continue to introduce things slowly, especially with her eczema.
The health visitor was hassling me to give her fish, when I have been holding back as my DH has a severe fish allergy which made him very ill when young!
I think next time DH can take her as it all washes over him!
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