Still loosing weight

So my little one was born 50%ile dropped to 25th then down to 13th then 9th was sticking to this for about a month but again he’s being weighed and it’s now at 6Th :( he’s so happy and smiley and doing all his milestones. But he’s not interested in breastfeeding he never stays on long, goes hours between without asking sleeps through the night. He’s slept through since the first day so he’s never asked for milk. He does seem to love the taste of food so even though he’s just gone 5 months I’m going to introduce food. Peads won’t see him till January so I’m looking for moms in similar positions as me just now and how your managing to get little ones to put on weight even if it’s a little

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Have you tried seeking support from The National Breastfeeding Helpline or La Leche League?

Have you tried a dream feed at night? If you can express and use a bottle, as sometimes babies will feed even when they are asleep! That’s often how we get our little one to feed as she has always been small and doesn’t seem fussed on milk! Is there any chance of tongue tie as this can also affect breast feeding and often goes unnoticed if it’s not immediately obvious as a lot of health car professionals (midwife/HV/GP) are not trained to assess. We are weaning and give porridge in the morning or rusks mixed with formula milk (but can use breast milk 😊) so get milk into her xx

this is his tongue. I introduced a dream feed last night worked wonders. Will try keep this up unless I’m shattered

I didn’t no sorry. I had a home water birth no complications mine told me I must have had a very efficient placenta that was doing amazing with nutrition and my breast milk just much not be too fatty

ahhh so glad the dream feed worked, we tend to do ours just before we go to bed about 10/10:30pm and my baby is always hungry! I’m not trained in identifying tongue tie but it could be restricted…Speak to your HV for a referral or you can go private (we did as the nhs had a 7 week waiting list) unfortunately it was £200 but her feeding automatically improved, they can only get it done without needing a proper surgerical procedure if they are under 1, they just cut it. Look up
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