Am I being unreasonable?

Health visitor stuff is optional. If you feel like it's not necessary and there is no weight loss/massive drop in centiles recently then you could just refuse.

My son was born on the 75, dropped to 50 and has tracked there ever since, health visitor has said nothing and he’s growing well. I wouldn’t worry

Health visitors are professionals and they know what they are talking about. That is all i have to say. But at the end of the day , that is your baby and you do whatever you think it’s best

I had similar with my son, because he had a little jump and them came back down again the health visitor freaked out and we had to go in for extra weight checks which was absolutely pointless because I was like I can't feed him anymore milk 🤣

HV this time said the 6/7 week weigh might differ because they're just starting to reach their genetic norm- so it's probably that your baby is going to sit comfortably on that 50th centile! If you're not concerned then the weigh ins are just annoying 😫

I would say it's good practice to do regular weight checks, maybe every couple of weeks/monthly when they're small so you can keep an eye on things. Because technically yours has dropped off in terms of centiles and they like to see babies stay close to their centiles from birth it is something to keep an eye on but as long as baby is growing and healthy I wouldn't be particularly concerned. Your health visitor is just trying to get baby back up to their original centile. If I personally was in this situation I would consider upping the milk to an amount that I felt comfortable with but at the end of the day advice is advice, they don't know your baby like you do so if you think there's no point giving more milk because she won't take it then you are the ultimate decider!

If it was me I would decline 🤣 just do whatever you think is best, if they’re feeding well and otherwise happy then I don’t think there is any issue!

My daughter was born on 0.4th centile and stayed there, they wanted me to pump and supplement but I refused because she was tracking fine along the centile and had enough wet and dirty nappies - she was just small. Health visitor asked me what my motherly gut instinct was and to follow it and they supported me to continue EBF. Some health visitors however were concerned because she doesn’t tick the usual tick box and were telling me that she will need to be referred to paediatrics but my GP said she didn’t need to. Your baby tracking well along the 50% centile sounds great to me and I wouldn’t increase unless your baby seems hungry for more

I had this with my daughter 7 years ago, they were doing fortnightly weigh ins at home that weren’t necessary, was feeding fine just didn’t put the weight back on as quick as they’d liked, all babies are different and no one knows your baby better than you do

My daughter was 0.4 centile and has been going up slowly and she is now 4th centile at 8 months old. They always supported me to exclusively breastfeed as she was following her line just fine and achieving everything she needed to. I weigh her every month but for my own peace of mind to ensure she is following her line. Just do what you think it’s best as she is following her line and achieving everything she is supposed to.

Hi, i am a paediatric doctor. Generally speaking we calculate it by weight. So a general rule is 150x her weight. But it all depends on how she is growing, gaining weight, pooping peeing. My only concern is that she has dropped centile which means she has not gained the weight she should have. There is no harm in trying to increase the volume and see what she does.

Its because she has dropped centiles, thats why they are concerned. They want to make sure she doesnt drop any more.

My 5 month old dropped from the 90th to about the 75th and I was told to take him back the following month and to consider early weaning. My boy has always been a big boy and they were still concerned x