2 week baby not gaining weight fast enough - anyone else experienced this?
Looking for similar experiences - trying to work out if my baby's weight loss & failure to regain weight could be linked to being T1D or not!
Baby was born weighing 7'11 at 37w1, via emergency C section. She was measuring over 92nd percentile for her gestation prior to birth, with a large abdominal circumference, over 95th percentile. Sugar levels at birth were fine & she didn't need NICU. But now I'm exclusively breastfeeding & she's not gaining weight - at 2 weeks she's measured 7'2, within 48 hours. Her latch isn't always the best but we've been working at it, but she just seems really lazy and doesn't want to work for her milk & gives up after 5-10 mins! I'm trying to supplement with expressed breast milk in a cup, but she doesn't seem interested. Also, all other indicators (soiled nappies, skin tone) are absolutely fine - apart from the weight.
So I was wondering if it could be linked to her being such a chubby baby before she was born? It's like she's lost the excess weight gain she was carrying due to my T1D, and is taking her time to start putting on weight. But maybe I'm clutching at straws. I'd like to avoid formula supplementation, and I'd like to avoid bottle feeding for now - her latch isn't always the best, and she's very lazy, so I reckon if I offered her an "easier" bottle, she might start refusing breast altogether, other than for comfort...