When Lukas was born, he weighed 7 lbs 8 oz. He lost about 7% of his bodyweight after birth, which is totally normal, but was back up to 7 lbs 6 oz by his first doctor's appointment. Two weeks ago, when we met with the lactation consultant, he was up to 9 lbs 4 oz...today he was 11 lbs 9 oz. He's gained more than 4 lbs since birth, which averages out to a bit under a pound a week.
Apparently most babies gain about a half a pound a week. Oops.
The nice thing is that I don't have to worry that he's not getting enough to eat. The bad thing is that now I have to limit his intake a little bit and he is NOT going to like it. The doctor wants me feeding him out of one side at a time. We'll see. We tried it when we got home and I still had to put him on the other side for about 5 minutes to get him to feel like he was done. Last night, though, he was only asking for one side, so maybe he's starting to self-regulate a bit.
The over-feeding apparently also explains why this kid is SUPER gassy. He's not lactose-intolerant, but he is probably a bit lactose-overloaded. The doc said to give him some yogurt twice a day to give him more bacteria in his belly to break that lactose down. We're kind of excited about this because we're going to try dipping a pacifier in vanilla yogurt to feed it to him. We're hoping he'll start taking a pacifier with this added incentive, since he prefers to use me as a pacifier and just really has never been interested in them. Honestly, that's probably part of the overfeeding-- he likes to comfort nurse, and so he's getting comfort and extra calories at the same time. To be able to give him a pacifier when he's just being fussy would be really nice
And now for some chubby baby pictures...
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