I spoke to my CH nurse at the clinic today and told her I was worried that Robert wasn't getting enough because he had only put on 10g last week. Well, we weighed him and this week he's put on 310g. She's thinking that something was wrong last week when the other nurse weighed him because it would be way more likely that he gained 170g each week. So he's now a healthy5.64kg (12lb, 7oz). I also asked her about feeding and sleeping. I told her about his pattern last night (same as your's Breesa) and she said she wouldn't expect anything more from him at his age. She doesn't think much of a lot of these "sleep programs". She said they are more for formula fed, not breastfed babies and it will only do my head in trying to get him to go along with it. You can follow them, but there's no need to be so rigid about it. She also suggested that the "we'll just try again tomorrow" philosphy always works too! Today I wasn't stressed at all about him getting proper sleep in his cot and he's had 2 really good sleeps in his pram and is napping again now. I think it's time to throw the books away and just go with my instincts. Yesterday I was so concerned about doing it the "right way" that I forgot to enjoy having a wonderful baby who just loves me unconditionally.
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