What can I use in my two months old formula to make her gain weight? Her doctor says she not gaining…
What can I use in my two months old formula to make her gain weight? Her doctor says she not gaining enough weight. She was 5lbs 10oz when she was born. At two months she weighing in at 7lbs 14oz. Which seems odd to me cuz she eats a lot and she made me feel like I starve my baby which is never the case!! So what can I use. I don't breastfeed no more bcuz I stopped producing milk. So what's an alternative
Monica Heredia·
Мама двоих (младенец)
I really think that is great! She has great weight gain! If you feel like it my opinion is get a second opinion from another doctor or from WIC!
Mariah·
Мама двоих (младенец)
@mommahicksxoxo, great I heard that as well but where I live they offer rice cereal with apples and bananas in it does that make it heavier on their tummies or just plain rice.
Mariah·
Мама двоих (младенец)
@mami2d, so true thanks momma. 😘
Monica Heredia·
Мама двоих (младенец)
@mariah0809, Your Welcome
Dj·
Мама дочки (1 год)
I'd double check with the pediatrician before putting it in the bottle. I was reading the faq page for rice cereal to see if I could also use the rice method and it said its not meant to be put in bottles. My pedi just suggested more bottles and to start doing feedings over night and wake her up to eat.
Kimberly ·
My son was 5lbs 11oz at birth and was slow to gain. He was on similac alimentum (the crazy expensive stuff). I would say as long as your baby is regularly taking bottles and having good wet/soiled diapers the weight gain thing shouldn't be too big of a deal. Let me see if I can find my son's growth chart for you to compare to.
Jenn·
Мама дочки (1 год)
@mariah0809, my daughter had trouble gaining due to heart defect. We were told by her nutritionist to fortify her formula/milk. Basically instead of each ounce being 20 calories we bumped it up to 24 calories. It doesn't seem like much, but it helped. Ask your pediatrician about fortifying the formula. You don't need anything special, you're just adding more formula per bottle.