Baby gaining weight ?

My baby is 3 weeks old today he was born at 6.7 pounds and 21 in so long - he dropped to 6 pounds and by 2 weeks he was up to 6.5 pounds. But he has a hard time keeping his formula down he spits up most of it and I try to give small amounts more frequently , I’ve tried gentlease and acid reflux formula but neither help the ar one made things worse. I have a doctors appointment tomorrow to see but what has helped your baby’s gain weight or what other formulas worked so I can talk to the doctor about more formula options I’ve googled but most say gentlease or ar so I’m kinda at a lost point rn.

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Now I am still learning as my baby is still breastfeeding but someone told me formula hurts the stomach a little bit, if you need formula then it's understandable but I know she also told me you can buy breast milk from banks so they gain weight. ( I probably wouldn't use someone else breast milk unless my baby was loosing weight and formula wasn't working) just putting that out there but again I'm still learning myself.

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I'm BF so don't know much about formula feeding. But if I was having that problem I would try a few different formulas to see if he can keep it down better. Would love to hear some formula feeding mom's advise on this one. Bump.

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Your baby could have a milk allergy and that's why the reflux is so bad but obviously check with your doctor about that. I have my son on a soy formula (Similac Soy Isomil) and have for months but that was because he was super gassy and fussy, not because of reflux.

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Has he been checked for tongue or lip ties?

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no ?

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My daughter spit up a lot so I did some research and found that it can be a cause. She did have a lip tie but I just fed her very small amounts every hour and after few weeks she was much better.

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I looked and he does have a lip tie im gonna read up on it thank you for suggesting that the doctor today was not helpful at all !

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Hope it helps and it gets better soon.

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