Ella is exclusively breastfed and gaining very slowly, she's 11 weeks old and now only on the 25th centile having been born on the 91st.
Health visitor says I should increase my calorie intake but a dietician friend says this doesn't really affect milk supply as your body will make the milk regardless and just take from the mothers needs rather than compromise the milk.
Not sure what to do, should I introduce a formula feed once a day to try and beef her intake up a little bit or should I just wait it out a bit and see how it goes?
She doesn't seem unsatisfied, she feeds regularly every 2-3 hours (every 1-3 hours at the moment but I think that's because it's a lot warmer and she's more thirsty than hungry) and feeds for between 5-10 minutes each time.
Don't want to introduce formula unless she needs it, but also don't want her to keep dropping centiles![Frown :( :(](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
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Health visitor says I should increase my calorie intake but a dietician friend says this doesn't really affect milk supply as your body will make the milk regardless and just take from the mothers needs rather than compromise the milk.
Not sure what to do, should I introduce a formula feed once a day to try and beef her intake up a little bit or should I just wait it out a bit and see how it goes?
She doesn't seem unsatisfied, she feeds regularly every 2-3 hours (every 1-3 hours at the moment but I think that's because it's a lot warmer and she's more thirsty than hungry) and feeds for between 5-10 minutes each time.
Don't want to introduce formula unless she needs it, but also don't want her to keep dropping centiles
Any advice welcome
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