I have a two month a old. She was a preemie. She has finally reached newborn clothes. however, I’m having problems when it comes to feeding time. When i breast feed her she eats all the way until I have no more breast milk left. I have been trying juice and rice cereal but nothing works. I really do not want to put her on formula. please help!
Katie C. (wife)
I had pre-eclampsia and had to deliver at 35 weeks. She was in the NICU for only a week. She was born 4 lbs 13 oz. her last doc appmt she weighed 7 lbs 14 oz ( that was late sept) and her next appt is the 7th of nov

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So like any expectant mom I had my son tons of clothes bought for him and ready for him. When I was bringing him home from the hospital I put an outfit on him and it was way to huge. He was 8 lbs at birth. The outfits were 0-3 months. So I got him home and all his outfits were to large for him and I mean by a lot. He is a week old btw. So the dr yesterday said he gained all the weight he has lost after birth back and is now 8lb 3 oz. But still even the the newborn size is to big for him and and I have bought a few preemie outfits and they fit him perfect, what is the deal? He is not a preemie he is a good size baby?
i have washed and dryed everything before I brought him home.

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It’s been awhile since my daughter was born and I can’t remember how many bottles we used. Also, I’m planning to try to breastfeed for the first 6 weeks, so I’m wondering how many bottles do I actually need. Do I need the 4 oz or 9 oz bottles? Finally, I bought about 4 bags of diapers (56 diapers in each bag). How many diapers do you think a newborn would go through the first 3 months? Do you think these will last that long?

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My son was born 2weeks ago ( i had him at 37wks)… He weighed 4lbs 12 oz and then went down to 4lbs 8oz in the hospital But i guess went back up a little (we both did good ) so they let us go after 3 days He wears preemie clothing and still has his newborn pampers folded I tried on his newborn clothing and they are WAY to big for him I was wonderin How much longer do you think it will take before he can fit into His newborn clothing and Will he be wearing Newborn pamper for a while? I was wondering if i should get more newborn pampers…. Cause i heard Babys only need like 2 packs of Newborn pampers but I guess thats for a normal 7-8lb baby?
I have gone through 1 pack and I have bought another one already.. (just a little more infomation)

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As I said in my other post my son is 9 weeks and 5 days old and has an ajusted age of 3 weeks and 1 day. When he first left the NICU he was only eating 2 oz of formula a feeding. He was discharged on January 8th on simulac Neosure (formula for preterm babies.) So he’s been home for about 6 weeks now ans is currently weighting 9 pounds 2 ounces and is 19 inches long.
But sense coming he’s started eating 6 ounce bottle once every four hours…
So my question is, is my son over eating? Is there any cues to look for that he may be over eating? Also when do most babies get to the point that they will sleep through the night?
Should I ask my doctor a more detailed question about his eating habits? Because while speaking with him he continues to say that he is developing properly, yet where is this supposed 9 pounds at? He’s still wearing preemie clothes and very small NB, I don’t understand how this is possible when by all means according to his weight he shouldn’t even begin to fit into these things.
Also I should probably mention the fact that he is eating this 6 ounces once every fours and sometimes he won’t even wait that long. So he’s eating atleast 24 ounces a day. Is that normal? He also has acid reflux could he just be eating more then he needs because he belly is bothering him?

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I"m 36 weeks pregnant and i’m scheduled to have a c-section a week from today, Wednesday the 7th. I had a ruptured uterus in a car accident last year with my first pregnancy so my dr is taking my baby at 37 weeks. She weighed 5lbs 10 oz. at my 36 weeks checkup. How much do you think she will weigh at birth??? just curious….wondering if i should buy preemie clothes…i have a few but wondered if i should get more..

Thanks so much for answers
The weight was just an approximation. They measured her hed and belly and legs…then gave me an approx weight. I asked them to give me a weight and that’s what they told me. It was by measurements.

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My son will be one month old on Wednesday. I am 32 and a first time parent.

Does developing a routine really work? My baby sleeps well during the day but I dread nighttime. He has been sleeping with my husband and I am this is totally against what I believe in. I just don’t agree with co-sleeping and feel it is unsafe. Our bedroom is at the back of the house and his bedroom is toward the front of the house, so letting him sleep in his room isn’t an option at this point. We have a sound monitor but I just don’t feel it’s right to leave him alone.

He slept in his pack and play which was in our room, the day after we came home from the hospital, but he didn’t like it at all. It was at the foot of our bed and I believe there was a draft coming from the window. We have fairly large bedroom furniture so there isn’t anywhere else we could move the pack and play. I don’t know what else to do. He tosses and turns and flips and flops all night. He sleeps just fine if he’s in your arms, but often squirms and cries after 5-10 minutes of putting him down. We have tried swaddling him in a blanket and in an actual swaddler but he cries because I don’t think he likes his arms being restrained. How can I help him get on track to sleep more during the night? Trying to keep him awake just doesn’t seem to be working.

Why does my son always seem hungry? He is constantly putting his fingers in his mouth and gnawing on his fist. He acts like he is starving at all times. I talked to the doctor about this when he was two weeks old and he said I could increase to 3 oz. or 4 oz. every 3-4 hours, but when I tried to feed him more than 2 oz. he wouldn’t take it. Now that he’s older I have increased it to 3 oz. which he is taking just fine, but he occasionally spits up (sometimes it’s kind of thick and sometimes it looks just like milk) even after being burped … AND OFTEN TMES HE IS STILL GNAWING ON HIS FISTS WELL BEFORE IT’S TIME TO EAT. He was having some gas issues so the doctor changed his milk to Similac Sensitive and prescribed some liquid Zantac. The gas issues seem to be gone but I am concerned about the spitting up. I’m often afraid to lay him down even after burping … and sometimes he doesn’t burp at all or takes forever for him to burp.

He weighs a little over 7 lbs. now but still can’t fit most newborn size clothing. Why? He was only 5 lbs. 7 oz. when he was born. I found out I have a bicornuate uterus after he was born, which explained the IUGR issues I was having while pregnant. Preemie clothes are too short and snug on him and most newborn clothes are a little to wide or long.

How can I cope with the elders in my family (including my mother inlaw) throwing in their two cents or old wives tales? It is driving me crazy. Don’t do this. Do that. People just assume you have no common sense. I got into an argument with my mom the other day because she said I shouldn’t let him look over his head … that will cause his eyes to cross. My husband had a bottle that was room temperature (although we usually warm it in the bottle warmer) and she insisted we shouldn’t feed it to him at room temperature. We were at her house and she doesn’t have a warmer. Then she went on to tell me the straps in the carseat were too tight and were going to choke him.

My mother inlaw says I shouldn’t let anyone on their period hold him. That’s crazy. What am I supposed to do, ask the person if they’re bleeding? She makes comments that we’re not feeding him enough even though he eats all day long. She asked who was going to keep our baby when I return to work. I told her my husband’s friend’s mother (who is hispanic) may be keeping him. I told her my only concern was that she may not speak fluent English, and that I was going to meet her first to confirm whether or not she would be a good fit. Her comment was, "Well, don’t you take him there if she doesn’t speak English. Don’t just take him ANYWHERE!!!" I have also been dealing with remarks from other family members.

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How much weight do babies usually gain a week? My daughter was born early 4lbs 9oz. She is already out of her preemie clothes. She eats 2-3 oz every 2-3 hours. I was just wondering if there is certain amount of weight that she should be gaining every week?

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I have a 4 week old and even though she wasnt premature, when she was born she had to wear preemie clothes. Now, shes older but newborn pants are still to big and she has to wear preemie, they fit her on the waist but they are to short. The problam is that she is so tall…..23 1/2 inches, but only weighs 8 lbs 3 oz. Does anyone know where you can buy clothes for tall skinny babies. I have a feeling she is just going to be like that the rest of her life. Im fairly tall 5’8" and her dad is over 6′.
I should have added that yes, she is healthy. She has regular bowel and bladder. She is being breastfed so she only has about 3 bowel movements a day, but the doc told me thats normal in breastfed babies

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My son was a preemie (3 lbs 15.9 oz) and is quickly catching up. He was 13 lbs 1 oz at his 4 month appointment (4 months 1 week old). Right now he wears 3-6 month size pants and 6-9 or 9-12 month onesies (we think he’s going to be tall unlike me or his dad – we are both average height).

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