Not gaining weight

Is anyone else's baby not gaining weight?
Archer is 3 weeks old today and he's losing weight!
I'm expressing and he's having 2.5oz to 3oz every 3 hours or so.
He's not a sicky baby, he's having plenty of wet and dirty nappies, he isn't spitting the milk out so I'm not sure why he isn't gaining weight!
He was 7lbs 14oz at birth and now he's 7lbs 3oz 😭
Could it be my breastmilk that isn't enough for him? After speaking with my midwife, we've decided to do every other bottle formula to see if he gains.
If he hasn't gained any weight by Tuesday we have to go to hospital 😭

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My baby didn't lose weight but was staying the same weight from day 5 to about 2.5 weeks, topping up with formula has helped. We also saw infant feeding team who helped with latch/position advice

I'm going to a breastfeeding support group Wednesday! I was hoping they'd help!x

My baby hasn't gained from birth weight yet and he's 2.5 weeks. My health visitor mentioned that there is foremilk and hindmilk and said to make sure they're getting each breast for 30 minutes. Perhaps extending your pumping sessions to make sure you're getting the fatty milks will help?

We have an Archer too! 🩵 we had a similar issue although just with formula feeding and found out he had a posterior tongue tie at 4 weeks old! Well worth getting it checked if necessary as he needed more food but he just got tired out.

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