He weighs 17.07lbs he has only gained 2 punds since Janurary (his 4 month check-up) so next month he has to see her again instead of waiting till his 8month check-up, she and I don't know about the hubby, think that Skye's not getting enough nutrients. So, once agian, Im asking if you guys may know what I and hubby can do, I'am breastfeeding, but not as offten as usual, becuse of my full time job. so what do you guys think we and I should do to help him? He was good at gaining his weight before the cerial and solids. HELP?
17 pounds at six months sounds fine to me. He is still gaining at a steady pace. I would stop the cereal, cereal is practically no nutrition for the amount of space it takes up in his tummy. (I don't recommend any cereal for babies before a year of age, especially commercially prepared infant cereals. grains should always be the very last thing introduced to a baby) Is he getting expressed breastmilk while your gone? Is he sleeping in your bed so he can nurse more frequently at night? If he's nursing on demand, his rate of growth isprobably fine for himself. Babies will adjust their schedules so they'll be awake when you're home and nurse more at night if they sleep in your bed. Babies under a year normally get about 30% of their caloric intake during night nursings, babies of working mothers can get much more.
Exactly what I was going to say. There are simply no nutrients in cereal, especially the boxed stuff from the grocery store. Milk is still the most important thing in his diet for the first year. Make sure he nurses the last thing before you leave out the door, and nurse him the first thing when you walk in. He should still be nursing or getting a bottle of your milk about every 2-3 hours, maybe every 4 hours at night, but not much longer apart than that. Sleeping too long at night, combined with mom being gone all day can cause some problems, so moms who work outside the home often have to work harder at keeping at least one night feeding in. He shouldn't be having more than, maybe one or two really small solid food meals a day. If he is, he may just be filling up on bulk and won't be hungry for milk, which is where he will get most of his nutrients. A lot of breastfed babies do "plateau out" at about 4 months. But, when mom is home all day, and there is 12 or more breastfeedings every 24 hours, we don't worry about it too much, as long as the baby is reaching milestones and hasn't STOPPED growing. How is his length and head circumference? But, when feeding opportunites are limited, more attention sometimes needs to begiven to the baby who maybe is not growing quite fast enough. When mom is gone a good part of the day, the time she is with baby should be taken up with a LOT of nursing. A lot of babies will just drink enough milk from the bottle to keep themselves going until mom gets home, and need Cluster Feeding in the evening when she is home. Also, weekends should be Baby and Mama time. Spend all day with him from Friday night until you leave Monday morning. Sleeping with babies often will help with slow weight gain. This ensures the baby isn't partially waking up, and you are missing a feeding opportunity, because he may fall back before you realize it. Pop him into bed with you (if he isn't there already) and you will be able to pack in some extra calories during the night.
