Gaining weight

Is anyone else’s LO having a hard time gaining weight? My baby was recently hospitalized due to not only Covid, but underweight concern. On her growth chart she is going downward rather than upward. She’s a little over 9 pounds and was born 6 pounds 7 1/2 ounces… we have added formula to her breast milk for extra calories. We have a follow up appointment this Wednesday in hopes of what to do next. I just want to know if anyone else can relate. I feel hopeless and am scared that my baby isn’t physically excelling. Any advice or similar issue? 🙏🏻

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I experienced something similar, not exactly, though. My LO was a preemie, at her two-month appointment, the doctor said I needed to feed her more formula (she's on Neosure Similac now) because she wasn't gaining enough weight from my breastmilk alone. The downside is that my breastmilk diminished pretty quickly after supplementing some of her feeds. At that time, she was only in the 4th percentile for her age/weight, and her head didn't grow from birth to her two-month appointment, so I freaked. Fast forward to now, she's grown by leaps and bounds, and I can't wait for the doctor to see her. If I had to guess, she's about 12 pounds now, but I won't know for sure until her 4-month appointment in 2 weeks. She’s still tiny for her age but not as small as she was. Listen it sucked, I cried a lot, no longer breastfeeding but so happy and relieved she gained weight. It may be hard, but I would give her even more formula if that means she gains weight. You've got this!

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