Baby weight gain

In my experience and listening to the experiences of others, I personally think doctors unnecessarily scare people about weight gain. If the baby is gaining weight, I don’t understand a medical reason that you should be super concerned. I also have a theory that it’s a huge part of why so many mothers give up breastfeeding so early on.

I was told the same thing and I remember thinking that maybe I wasn’t making enough milk so I added formula a lot earlier than i intended bc of pressure. Looking back, my baby was drinking just fine and he didn’t gain a substantial amount of weight even after adding formula (he’s just smaller). As long as your baby is not loosing weight, is hitting most milestones, has enough wet diapers, and is tracking well in her OWN growth curve — not necessarily the average, then I think you should be fine!

I'm so glad I'm not the only one who speculated this. Thank you for your input!

they suggested formula to me too! I almost gave in to pressure as well because i felt like im not doing enough😪 I truly appreciate your input, she always has 8-10 diapers on average so I know we are on the right track!

My big was born at 9lb 8, at 5 weeks old he was 9lb 6 so not quite back at birth weight yet. Exclusively breastfed here too.
I used to worry so much about weight again but all mine have been the same, slow to regain birth weight and then slowly gained following that but remained on the centile line that they settled on. All perfectly healthy 🙂

this is so reassuring. Just to show all babies are different & as health care providers they need to start using multiple ways of checking whether a baby is healthy or not.