Breastmilk and breastfeeding problems :(
Atomic I believe you touched on this before about moms making a specific kind of milk per gender of baby.. with DD3 I was barely able to EBF her.. she was slow to gain but thankfully stuck at the 50th percentile for her lowest weights so I never heard much from anyone other than to 'try'' and get her to gain a little better...
DD4 is a whole other story.
4.5 months in and I must be doing something wrong. She is the unhappiest baby. I have what I think is a great supply, I can pump 4-5 ounces in less than 10 minutes..she nurses 10-15 minutes each feeding depending on what she wants. I go until she pulls off or falls asleep.. she will NOT take a bottle for us. She took them right after birth but once I was able to breast feed her I was all she ever wanted and she snubs bottles. She gets this look on her face like "do you think I'm dumb, lady?" And will gag instead of latching. It's every type of bottle and nipple. She also refuses pacifiers.have tried all brands.
She weighed in at the 30th percentile and the doctor gave me the heads up they didn't want her to drop anymore. Talk about pressure. So I introduced solids. Now she is 47th percentile but doctor really wants me to introduce a little formula to try and up her caloric intake as my milk apparently just isn't cutting it.
My questions are this.. do you think I can fix the caloric content of my milk for her without gaining weight in the process, or am I doomed with what my body seems to think it needs to make for her and hoping for the best? What about a supplemental nursing system? Would that be too much for her to drink with a healthy supply and formula coming from the tube too? I think she would drink it if she thought it was coming from me..