Welcome to the Itty Bitty Babies Club! We decided to start a club to give moral support and share experiences with anyone who has a baby that is a "slow gainer" for whatever/no obvious reason. BF and FF friendly, the only purpose of the club is to be supportive to each other. The more the merrier!
As mentioned below, my little boy has severe reflux and "missed" quite a few growth spurts due to the excess sickness. He was 7lb 3oz at birth, then lost over 10% of his birth weight which he recovered within 3 weeks, however, then the reflux kicked in and he has since gained an average of a lb a month. His medication has been adjusted and is finally working as it should, and in the last couple of weeks he has gained over a lb, so things are improving, but no one ever believes he is 3 months old! lol.
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My little boy is 3 months old today and weighs 10lb. He has suffered with severe reflux from 2 weeks and is on rantidine and domperidone. He was on the 2nd percentile last week, but due to a bad cold and cough, he didnt put on any weight this week and has dropped to the 0.4th percentile.
He has been on his medication since mid november, however, the dosage was too low for his weight and was only increased mid Dec. He is much happier on his medication now and feeds well (both sides totalling 40-60mins, every 2 to 3 hours) and his sickness has reduced significantly.
He usually gains 5 to 7 oz a week. He has been seen by two pediatricians and they both say he is fine and just following his own growth curve and not to pay attention to the growth charts.
However, everyone who meets him comments on how small/slight/light he is with concern. I did supplement one or two feeds with formula around 3 weeks, but he doesn't like it and doesn't take it anymore.
I know there is nothing wrong with him and the pediatricians are happy with his progress but I'm wondering if I should try harder to supplement with formula..........just not sure what to do for the best. He is alert and has plenty of wet/dirty nappies. His development other than weight is progressing as it should. He fought his cold off well, so his immune system is coping.....what do you think? should I supplement or continue as I am?
Sorry for the ramble, it just gets to me when everyone else is so concerned about him, like I'm starving him or something.
As mentioned below, my little boy has severe reflux and "missed" quite a few growth spurts due to the excess sickness. He was 7lb 3oz at birth, then lost over 10% of his birth weight which he recovered within 3 weeks, however, then the reflux kicked in and he has since gained an average of a lb a month. His medication has been adjusted and is finally working as it should, and in the last couple of weeks he has gained over a lb, so things are improving, but no one ever believes he is 3 months old! lol.
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Original post.
My little boy is 3 months old today and weighs 10lb. He has suffered with severe reflux from 2 weeks and is on rantidine and domperidone. He was on the 2nd percentile last week, but due to a bad cold and cough, he didnt put on any weight this week and has dropped to the 0.4th percentile.
He has been on his medication since mid november, however, the dosage was too low for his weight and was only increased mid Dec. He is much happier on his medication now and feeds well (both sides totalling 40-60mins, every 2 to 3 hours) and his sickness has reduced significantly.
He usually gains 5 to 7 oz a week. He has been seen by two pediatricians and they both say he is fine and just following his own growth curve and not to pay attention to the growth charts.
However, everyone who meets him comments on how small/slight/light he is with concern. I did supplement one or two feeds with formula around 3 weeks, but he doesn't like it and doesn't take it anymore.
I know there is nothing wrong with him and the pediatricians are happy with his progress but I'm wondering if I should try harder to supplement with formula..........just not sure what to do for the best. He is alert and has plenty of wet/dirty nappies. His development other than weight is progressing as it should. He fought his cold off well, so his immune system is coping.....what do you think? should I supplement or continue as I am?
Sorry for the ramble, it just gets to me when everyone else is so concerned about him, like I'm starving him or something.
She is happy, laughs all the time, smiles at everyone and loves to play. She rolls both ways, sits up for a few seconds at the most right now, but is right on schedule with milestones, etc. She's just small. She looks perfect to me but everyone else has these huge babies and it always makes me worry. The doctors say she's perfect. They were even impressed with how alert and strong she is. But as a mommy, we are going to worry regardless. 
The doctors she's seen say she's perfect but some of the statements on here makes me feel like there's something wrong with her. 
I find myself worrying about it all the time because that's all I ever hear from people is how tiny she is or that someone has a baby three months younger that already weighs more than her. 
We can talk about anything in it but the main thing we have in common is our smaller than average and absolutely perfect babies. 
