https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 30 Apr 2026 17:35:58 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-baby-didnt-make-it-to-birth-weight-by-2-weeks-what-happened#post-1792718 Thu, 31 Jul 2014 17:37:49 +0000 T.H.O.U. 1792718@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We went back at 3 weeks. </p> <p>He wasn't worried at all because she was gaining but just wasn't quite there. Sure enough by 3 weeks she was fine. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-baby-didnt-make-it-to-birth-weight-by-2-weeks-what-happened#post-1792650 Thu, 31 Jul 2014 16:57:08 +0000 BabyBruins 1792650@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@stargal: I have a toddler also and pumping was stressing me out. For the first weekend, I pumped after every feed bc I had help over night and people to play with my toddler and hold the baby. During the week I couldn't do everything - feed, pump, sleep, play with the older one - so I stopped pumping and I think my supply got better bc I was less stressed. Every 2 weekish, I feel like I "dip" a little, but I pump a few times, take fenugreek, eat oatmeal and supplement with formula as necessary and I feel like after a day or two, it doesn't seem to be an issue anymore.<br /> I always offer the breast first and if it felt like a weak feed, I would pump after to be sure my breasts got the stimulation they needed to keep making milk. At 8 weeks I feel confident about my supply and I was NOT feeling that way at 5 or 6 weeks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-baby-didnt-make-it-to-birth-weight-by-2-weeks-what-happened#post-1792588 Thu, 31 Jul 2014 16:33:53 +0000 stargal 1792588@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@BabyBruins: thank you! did supplementing with formula hurt your supply at all? I had low supply with my son (pump and nothing would come out to supplement with) and i gave up at the two week point....... so with this lo i expect that i will have low supply again but i really want to make it work! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-baby-didnt-make-it-to-birth-weight-by-2-weeks-what-happened#post-1792583 Thu, 31 Jul 2014 16:33:00 +0000 Mamaof2 1792583@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had to supplement with formula - DS wasn't back to birth weight until 6 weeks! It was so stressful! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-baby-didnt-make-it-to-birth-weight-by-2-weeks-what-happened#post-1792580 Thu, 31 Jul 2014 16:32:30 +0000 twodoghouse 1792580@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We were already supplementing with formula, so we started supplementing with a high calorie recipe (24 cal/oz instead of the standard 20/oz). Our ped also recommended increasing the amount we gave my LOs. We were giving .5 oz after each feeding per the LC in the hospital and our dr recommend trying 1-1.5 and adjusting up or down from there. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-baby-didnt-make-it-to-birth-weight-by-2-weeks-what-happened#post-1792566 Thu, 31 Jul 2014 16:26:34 +0000 BabyBruins 1792566@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@stargal: our ped recommended supplementing. I hadn't pumped enough, so we did formula but I would give him BM if I had it. We supplemented every feed for a week, then about half the feeds for another week and then only 3-5 feeds the whole week after that. Now at 8 weeks I don't supplement much, but will give an ounce or two of formula if I feel like he needs to be "topped off".<br /> He was jumping growth curves after the first week of supplementing, so it worked for us. He went from about the 5th percentile to the 20th. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-baby-didnt-make-it-to-birth-weight-by-2-weeks-what-happened#post-1792553 Thu, 31 Jul 2014 16:18:05 +0000 stargal 1792553@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If you are/were breastfeeding and your baby was still not at his/her birthweight at 2 weeks, what did your pediatrician recommend? </p>