Hey all, my son is 17 days old and I'm quite worried about how much is enough formula for him. He had cardiac surgery at 3 days old and had no breast milk (just iv fluids) till 7days old. I breast fed/expressed until 15 days old but his weight dropped from 309kilos to 252 at his lowest. I'm now formula feeding as I want to beef him up and also monitor his intake. His last weigh in was 256 so he is slowly gaining again. I'm really worried about his intake tho as he only takes between 30-40mls per feed 2-3 hourly. Is this enough, does it matter that he only technically started feeding at 7 days old?
If he continued to lose weight the cardiologists want to be notified as they don't like cardiac babies to keep dropping but after what he's been through so far I'm not sure if he's on track or not.
If he continued to lose weight the cardiologists want to be notified as they don't like cardiac babies to keep dropping but after what he's been through so far I'm not sure if he's on track or not.
